Whether vows admit of dispensation?

❌ Objection 1 : It would seem that vows are not subject to dispensation. It is less to have a vow commuted than to be dispensed from keeping it. But a vow cannot be commuted, according to Lev. 27:9,10, "A beast that may be sacrificed to the Lord, if anyone shall vow, shall be holy, and cannot be changed, neither a better for a worse, nor a worse for a better." Much less, therefore, do vows admit of dispensation.

❌ Objection 2 : Further, no man can grant a dispensation in matters concerning the natural law and in the Divine precepts, especially those of the First Table, since these aim directly at the love of God, which is the last end of the precepts. Now the fulfilment of a vow is a matter of the natural law, and is commanded by the Divine law, as shown above (Article [3]), and belongs to the precepts of the First Table since it is an act of religion. Therefore vows do not admit of dispensation.

❌ Objection 3 : Further, the obligation of a vow is based on the fidelity which a man owes to God, as stated above (Article [3]). But no man can dispense in such a matter as this. Neither, therefore, can any one grant a dispensation from a vow.