Chapter III. On Vow

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A vow is a deliberate and free promise made to God concerning a possible and better good. - It is distinguished in four ways, namely:

§ 1. A vow is public, if it is accepted in the name of the Church by a legitimate ecclesiastical Superior; otherwise private.

§ 2. Solemn, if it has been recognized as such by the Church; otherwise simple.

§ 3. Reserved, the dispensation of which only the Apostolic See can grant.

§ 4. Personal, by which the action of the one vowing is promised; real, by which some thing is promised; mixed, which participates in the nature of the personal and the real (Can. 1308).

Vows

Cited by 1 passage

Koch–Preuss, Volume IV: Man's Duties to God, Part II: The Duty of External Worship, Chapter II: Vows, Section 1: Definition of a Vow, ¶ 11

Within this chapter

Article I. On the Conditions Required for a Vownn. 228–229
Article II. On the Obligation of a Vownn. 230–232
Article III. On the Cessation of a Vownn. 233–239
- § I. On the Irritation of Vowsnn. 233–235
- § II. On Dispensation of Vowsnn. 236–237
- § III. On Commutation of Vowsnn. 238–239