te species of lust. Objection 3: Further, the sin of lust is curbed by marriage: for it is written ( 1 Cor. 7:2 ): "For fear of fornication, let every man have his own wife." Now rape is an obstacle to subsequent marriage, for it was enacted in the council of Meaux: "We decree th…

ently, because marriage was granted to human weakness for the very purpose of avoiding fornication ( 1 Cor. 7:2 , 6 ). Therefore the marriage act can be excused even without the marriage goods. Objection 3: Further, he who uses as he will that which is his own does not act agains…

to the payment of the marriage debt. Further, marriage is directed to the avoiding of fornication ( 1 Cor. 7:2 ). But this could not be the effect of marriage, if the one were not bound to pay the debt to the other when the latter is troubled with concupiscence. Therefore the pay…