Dist. 38, Divisio Textus
Book IV: On the Sacraments · Distinction 38
COMMENTARIUS IN DISTINCTIONEM XXXVIII.
De impedimentis ortis ex obligatione voti et matrimonii.
Nunc de voto inspiciamus etc.
DIVISIO TEXTUS.
Supra egit Magister de impedimento, quod venit1 ex ecclesiastica institutione. Hic agit de impedimento, quod venit ex nostra obligatione. Et quoniam dupliciter potest aliquis obligari alicui, scilicet voto et matrimonio; ideo primo agit de impedimento, quod venit ex obligatione voti; secundo vero de illo quod provenit ex obligatione matrimonii, et incipit illa secunda pars, ibi: Cum vir et mulier legitime coniuncti sunt etc.
Prima pars habet duas. In prima determinat, quid sit votum, breviter innuens, quid sit et de quo et quorum. In secunda determinat de obligatione in comparatione ad matrimonium, ostendens, quod quoddam impedit, sed non dirimit, ut votum simplex; quoddam et impedit et dirimit, ut solemne. Et incipit illa secunda pars ibi: Sciendum vero est, quod votorum aliud est commune etc.
Secundo modo: Cum vir et mulier legitime etc. Haec est secunda pars, in qua determinat Magister de impedimento ligaminis, et habet haec pars duas. In prima ostendit, quod legitime copulatus uni non potest, illa vivente, alii copulari, nec e converso; et si copuletur de facto, non est matrimonium. In secunda quaerit, utrum copulati de facto possint per ignorantiam ab adulterio excusari, ibi: Hic quaeritur de illis feminis, quae putantes etc.; ubi determinat, quod excusantur, quando dubitant, sed quando certificantur, non excusantur2.
TRACTATIO QUAESTIONUM.
Ad intelligentiam praesentis distinctionis quaeritur de voto. Et de hoc duo principaliter quaeruntur.
Primo quaeritur de voto in se.
Secundo quaeritur de voto in comparatione ad obligationem.
Circa primum quaeruntur tria. Primo quaeritur de voto, quid sit secundum essentiam. Secundo quaeritur, de quo sit. Tertio, in quo sit.
ARTICULUS I.
De voto in se.
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COMMENTARY ON DISTINCTION XXXVIII.
On the impediments arising from the obligation of vow and of matrimony.
Now let us examine concerning the vow etc.
DIVISION OF THE TEXT.
Above, the Master treated of the impediment which comes1 from ecclesiastical institution. Here he treats of the impediment which comes from our own obligation. And since a person can be obligated to another in two ways, namely by vow and by matrimony; therefore he first treats of the impediment which comes from the obligation of a vow; but second, of that which arises from the obligation of matrimony, and that second part begins there: When a man and a woman are lawfully joined etc.
The first part has two [subdivisions]. In the first he determines what a vow is, briefly intimating what it is and concerning what and of whom. In the second he determines concerning the obligation in comparison to matrimony, showing that a certain [vow] impedes but does not annul, as a simple vow; a certain [vow] both impedes and annuls, as a solemn one. And that second part begins there: But it must be known that of vows one is common etc.
In the second way: When a man and a woman lawfully etc. This is the second part, in which the Master determines concerning the impediment of the bond (ligaminis), and this part has two [subdivisions]. In the first he shows that one lawfully joined to one [spouse] cannot, while she is living, be joined to another, nor conversely; and if he be joined in fact, it is not matrimony. In the second he asks whether those joined in fact can through ignorance be excused from adultery, there: Here it is asked concerning those women who, thinking etc.; where he determines that they are excused when they are in doubt, but when they are made certain, they are not excused2.
TREATMENT OF THE QUESTIONS.
For the understanding of the present distinction it is asked concerning the vow. And concerning this, two [matters] are principally asked.
First it is asked concerning the vow in itself.
Second it is asked concerning the vow in comparison to obligation.
Concerning the first, three [things] are asked. First it is asked concerning the vow, what it is according to essence. Second it is asked, concerning what it is. Third, in whom it is.
ARTICLE I.
On the vow in itself.
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- 1Codd. addunt non tantum ex nostra obligatione, sed etiam.The codices add not only from our own obligation, but also.
- 2In edd. desiderantur verba quando dubitant... excusantur.In the editions the words when they are in doubt... they are excused are wanting. ---