The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife.
KJV
Greek original
Louis Segond 1910
La femme n'a pas autorité sur son propre corps, mais c'est le mari; et pareillement, le mari n'a pas autorité sur son propre corps, mais c'est la femme.
KJV
The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife.
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
injury as affecting her husband, since "the wife hath not power of her own body; but the husband" ( 1 Cor. 7:4 ). The same applies to similar cases. of adultery, however, as it is opposed not only to justice but also to chastity, we shall speak in the treatise on Temperance ( Q[1…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
is the husband by the adultery of his wife, for he, not the wife herself, has power over her body [* 1 Cor. 7:4 ]. Reply to Objection 3: As stated above ( Q[122], AA[1] ,4) the precepts of the decalogue are universal principles of the Divine law; hence they need to be common prec…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
latter's consent. Now by marriage each of the married parties receives power over the other's body ( 1 Cor. 7:4 ), whereas hitherto each had free power over his own body. Therefore consent makes a marriage. I answer that, In every sacrament there is a spiritual operation by means…
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