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Dist. 34, Divisio Textus

Book IV: On the Sacraments · Distinction 34

Textus Latinus
p. 766

COMMENTARIUS IN DISTINCTIONEM XXXIV.

De matrimonio secundum causam materialem, quae est personarum legitimitas, vel illegitimitas.

Nunc superest attendere, quae personae sint legitimae etc.

DIVISIO TEXTUS.

Supra egit Magister de matrimonio quantum ad tria genera causarum. Hic agit quantum ad quartum genus causae, scilicet quantum ad causam materialem, quae quidem est personarum legitimitas, vel illegitimitas. Et dividitur haec pars in duas, quia quaedam personae sunt simpliciter illegitimae respectu matrimonii, quaedam respectu matrimonii perfecti, utpote illae quae alias nupserunt, et iam mortuus est vir, vel defuncta uxor. Ideo Magister primo agit de impedimentis. Secundo circa finem istius tractatus1 agit de secundis nuptiis, ibi: Sciendum est, quod non solum primae vel secundae nuptiae etc.

Prima pars habet duas. In prima agit de impedimentis, quae non omnino auferunt legitimitatem. In secunda vero de his quae omnino faciunt illegitimas; et hoc dico secundum divisionem Magistri in littera; et incipit secunda pars trigesima septima ante principium2: Nunc de aliis, quae personas penitus illegitimas etc., vel ibi: Sunt igitur quidam ordines. Prima pars habet duas secundum duo impedimenta, de quibus principaliter agit. Primo enim agit de impotentia coeundi, quae respicit defectum naturae3. Secundo vero de conditione, quae respicit statum legis humanae, infra distinctione trigesima sexta: Nunc de conditione videamus. Prima pars habet duas, quia ad impedimentum sequitur divortium. Ideo primo agit de matrimonii impedimento, licet semiplene. Secundo vero de divortio, infra distinctione trigesima quinta: Hoc etiam notandum est, quod cum Dominus etc.

Prima pars habet duas partes. In prima determinat huiusmodi impedimenta in generali. In secunda in speciali, ibi: De his enim, qui causa frigiditatis etc. Et illa secunda pars subdividitur in duas, quia impedimentum potest venire vel ex parte vis imperatae, scilicet generativae, vel imperantis, ut liberi arbitrii. Ideo primo ponit impedimenta respicientia primam vim. Secundo vero secundam, ibi: Furiosi quoque, dum in amentia sunt etc. Et quaelibet harum habet duas secundum subdivisionem impedimenti. Nam impedimentum in vi generativa est impotentia coeundi: et haec est duplex, naturalis scilicet et accidentalis. Similiter impedimentum ex libero arbitrio est aut propter defectum cognitionis in ratione4, aut honestatis in voluntate; et sic sunt duo, scilicet furia et criminis enormitas vel incestus. Partes in littera signatae sunt secundum quatuor capitula.

TRACTATIO QUAESTIONUM.

Ad intelligentiam eorum quae in praesenti distinctione determinantur, secundum tria, quae in ea tanguntur, tria principaliter quaeruntur.

Primo quaeritur de impedimentis matrimonii in generali.

Secundo, in speciali de impotentia coeundi.

Tertio, de defectu, qui venit ex parte liberi arbitrii.

Circa primum quaeruntur duo.

Primo quaeritur, utrum matrimonium habeat impedimentum.

Secundo, dato quod habeat plura, quaeritur de numero et sufficientia impedimentorum.

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ARTICULUS I.

De impedimentis matrimonii in generali.

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English Translation

COMMENTARY ON DISTINCTION XXXIV.

On matrimony according to its material cause, which is the legitimacy or illegitimacy of persons.

Now it remains to consider which persons are legitimate, etc.

DIVISION OF THE TEXT.

Above the Master treated of matrimony as regards three kinds of causes. Here he treats as regards the fourth kind of cause, namely as regards the material cause, which indeed is the legitimacy or illegitimacy of persons. And this part is divided into two, because certain persons are simply illegitimate with respect to matrimony, and certain [others] with respect to perfect matrimony — as, for example, those women who have married before, and now the husband is dead, or the wife deceased. Therefore the Master first treats of impediments. Secondly, toward the end of this treatise1 he treats of second marriages, there: It must be known that not only first or second marriages, etc.

The first part has two [parts]. In the first he treats of impediments which do not altogether remove legitimacy. In the second, of those which altogether render [persons] illegitimate; and this I say according to the Master's division in the littera; and the second part begins [at] the thirty-seventh [distinction] before its beginning2: Now concerning others, which [render] persons utterly illegitimate, etc., or there: There are therefore certain orders. The first part has two [parts] according to the two impediments of which he principally treats. For first he treats of the impotence of intercourse, which regards a defect of nature3. Secondly, of the condition, which regards the status of human law, below in the thirty-sixth distinction: Now let us consider the condition. The first part has two [parts], because divorce follows upon an impediment. Therefore first he treats of the impediment of matrimony, though half-fully. Secondly, of divorce, below in the thirty-fifth distinction: This too must be noted, that when the Lord, etc.

The first part has two parts. In the first he determines impediments of this kind in general. In the second, in particular, there: For concerning those who, by reason of frigidity, etc. And that second part is subdivided into two, because an impediment can come either on the part of the commanded power, namely the generative, or of the commanding [power], namely of free will. Therefore first he sets down the impediments regarding the first power. Secondly, [those regarding] the second, there: The insane also, while they are in madness, etc. And each of these has two [parts] according to the subdivision of the impediment. For an impediment in the generative power is the impotence of intercourse: and this is twofold, namely natural and accidental. Likewise an impediment from free will is either on account of a defect of knowledge in the reason4, or of uprightness in the will; and so there are two, namely madness and the enormity of crime or incest. The parts are marked in the littera according to the four chapters.

TREATMENT OF THE QUESTIONS.

For the understanding of those things which are determined in the present distinction, according to the three [points] which are touched upon in it, three [questions] are principally asked.

First it is asked concerning the impediments of matrimony in general.

Secondly, in particular, concerning the impotence of intercourse.

Thirdly, concerning the defect which comes on the part of free will.

Concerning the first, two [questions] are asked.

First it is asked whether matrimony has an impediment.

Secondly, granted that it has several, it is asked concerning the number and sufficiency of the impediments.

ARTICLE I.

On the impediments of matrimony in general.

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Apparatus Criticus
  1. 1
    Dist. XLII. c. 7.
    Distinction XLII, ch. 7.
  2. 2
    Scil. ultima propos. d. XXXVI. — Verbis Sunt igitur quidam ordines incipit d. XXXVII. — Edd. breviter legunt: faciunt illegitimitates, infra d. 57: Sunt ergo quidam ordines.
    Namely the last proposition of d. XXXVI. — With the words There are therefore certain orders d. XXXVII begins. — The editions read briefly: [which] render illegitimacies, below d. 57 [read: d. 37] : There are therefore certain orders. (Quaracchi prints "d. 57"; this is a misprint for d. 37 [= d. XXXVII], the very distinction the note concerns — Book IV has only 50 distinctions. The Latin is transcribed as printed.)
  3. 3
    Ex codd. AELY substituimus naturae pro viri; non pauci codd. fieri. Mox pro statum codd. GLVYZ statutum.
    From codices AELY we substituted naturae ("of nature") for viri ("of the husband"); not a few codices [read] fieri. Presently, in place of statum ("status"), codices GLVYZ [read] statutum ("statute").
  4. 4
    Ed. 1 cognationis in crimine, Vat. cogitationis in crimine. Eaedem edd. inferius, omisso furia et, post vel incestus (plures codd. ut incestus) addunt et corporis deformitas et horror ac dein omittunt Partes in littera signatae sunt secundum quatuor [scil. quatuor ultima] capitula.
    Edition 1 [reads] cognationis in crimine ("of kinship in crime"), the Vatican [edition] cogitationis in crimine ("of thought in crime"). The same editions, lower down, omitting furia et ("madness and"), after vel incestus ("or incest") — many codices [read] ut incestus ("as incest") — add et corporis deformitas et horror ("and deformity of body and horror"), and then omit Partes in littera signatae sunt secundum quatuor [namely, the four last] capitula ("The parts are marked in the littera according to the four [last] chapters"). Nota (sine numero — unnumbered lemma-note printed within the Notae ad Commentarium block, foot of p. 766, keyed to the earlier occurrence of legitimitatem in the Divisio): La. Superius pro legitimitatem non pauci codd. et edd. illegitimitatem. — En. Above, in place of legitimitatem ("legitimacy"), not a few codices and editions [read] illegitimitatem ("illegitimacy"). ---
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