| ### QUESTION 39 ### OF THE IMPEDIMENTS TO THIS SACRAMENT ###  |

| #### Prologue |

| #### #### We must next consider the impediments to this sacrament. Under this head there are six points of inquiry: #### (1) Whether the female sex is an impediment to receiving this sacrament? #### (2) Whether lack of the use of reason is? #### (3) Whether the state of slavery is? #### (4) Whether homicide is? #### (5) Whether illegitimate birth is? #### (6) Whether lack of members is? ####  |