Assertion: vow | /r/HasProperty | made to god
Facets:
value: to do something
type: PURPOSE
value: to one's superiors
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: to the saints
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: as witness
type: MANNER
value: concerning a possible and better good
type: OTHER
value: usually
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: The vow properly so called is made to God alone, but promises made to the saints have a certain resemblance to vows and are often accompanied by a vow, as we have already seen.
text: And those vows not made to God, are usually made with God as witness.
text: It is not a vow because a vow is a promise made to God--a modern financial pledge is not made to God.
text: "A vow is a deliberate and free promise made to God concerning a possible and better good which must be fulfilled by reason of the virtue of religion," [CIC, can.
text: We grew up being taught that a vow made to God is important.
text: But a vow is made not only to God, but also to the saints and to one's superiors, to whom religious vow obedience when they make their profession.
text: A vow is made to God alone, whereas a promise may be made to a man also: and this very promise of good, which is fore made to a man, may be the matter of a vow, and in so far as it is a virtuous act.
text: Now a vow is a promise made to God: wherefore, the solemnization of a vow consists in something spiritual pertaining to God; i.e. in some spiritual blessing or consecration which, in accordance with the institution of the apostles, is given when a man makes profession of observing a certain rule, in the second degree after the reception of holy orders, as Dionysius states (Eccl.
text: A vow is a promise made to God to do something Good for the love of God.