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Theology -marriage is a fundamental human and WHAT IS THEOLOGY social institution, a divine gift to man Theo: God, Logos: Word, teaching and woman, forming a permanent union Science through which the Christian’s for t...

Theology -marriage is a fundamental human and WHAT IS THEOLOGY social institution, a divine gift to man Theo: God, Logos: Word, teaching and woman, forming a permanent union Science through which the Christian’s for the benefit of society. reason, which receives certitude & light Marriage Exist only between a man & from faith woman Material Object: God, Formal Object: -God ordained it to be the source of life reason that desires to be guided & led of the world. God said, “Be fertile and to God by faith. multiply.” (GEN 1:28) This is the Catechesis: foundational religious MANDATE OF PROCREATION, which is education of both children & adults that only possible to a man & woman in includes teaching the Christian doctrine. marriage. It’s important to society that -can help us view problems as marriage is preserved as the exclusive opportunities, relate to them differently union of a man & woman because it is as individuals, communities, and the God’s gift to humanity & it is where Church, and find solutions. society takes its life. -offers alternative ways to discuss our MARRIAGE AND JESUS preciousness as disciples, aiding us in -The Pharisees wanted to challenge evangelization. Jesus in His credibility & expected Him MARRIAGE & THE GENESIS MANDATE to fall into their trap to discredit Him. If -marriage is a faithful, exclusive, Jesus fell into their trap, they could lifelong union of a man & woman joined have defended and promoted that in an intimate community of life and which is anti-marriage. love. Complete commitment to each -The level of the question is civil other. because the question came from the -marriage is God’s will, a man and a question of the law. woman, together as one body. It has -Jesus defended marriage, citing the been preserved & upheltd in life. Genesis mandate, stating that it is a -GEN 2: 18, 21: The Lord God said: It is permanent, exclusive union of man and not good for the man to be alone. I will woman, undividable. make a helper suited to him. So the Lord Why are Christian marriages breaking God cast a deep sleep on the man, and up today? while he was asleep, he took out one of -Many married couples focus on their his ribs & closed up its place with flesh. frailty and indifference, ignoring The Lord God then built the rib that he faithfulness and respect, a behavior had taken from the man into a woman. intensified by the contemporary world's -GEN 2:24: That is why a man leaves his impact on their lives. father & mother and clings to his wife, Actions of the Church and the 2 of them become one body. -to battle this weakness, there is no In the eyes of the Catholic Faith other way to save such relationships, but to be merciful & compassionate to them. The Church has to win couples at 14 for boys. The Canon Law, passed by the brink of breaking up back to her the Fourth Lateran Council and the fold. Council of Trent, aims to combat MARRIAGE AND THE HISTORY OF THE clandestine marriages, illegal activities, CHURCH and bigamy. Redefinition of Marriage: Christianity PRESENT TIME: The Church upholds significantly transformed the institution Canon Law's provisions for legitimate of marriage, redefining its purpose, marriages, recognizing the State's structure, and function, viewing it as a authority in civil law, but not in sacred union for a healthy society. ecclesiastical law. Christian marriage History of Christian Marriage remains an important institution in JUDAISM: the influence can be seen in modern society. The Christian tradition Christian marriage traditions including of marriage offers a stable foundation values. Marriage is a covenant, a sacred for couples to express their commitment agreement between individuals and to each other and God, despite the God. challenges faced in modern marriages. EARLY CHRISTIANITY: The New Christian marriage's sacramental nature Testament teaches that marriage, an allows couples to deepen their institution created by God, is a lifelong relationship with God and each other, commitment between one man and one reflecting God's love for humanity and woman. promoting mutual respect, fidelity, and ANCIENT ROME: Roman jurist selflessness. MODESTINUS, defined marriage as a MARRIAGE AND ITS INDISSOLUBILITY union between man & woman for life -the intimate community of life & love (divine & human law.) Influenced our which constitutes the married state has understanding of marriage at present. been established by the Creator & Marriage should be a union under endowed by him with its own proper diving & human law and is laws. God himself is the author of monogamous in nature. Its purpose is marriage. (Gaudium et Spes, 48) not only for the union of the husband & Marriage & Creation wife but also for the rearing of children -the book of Genesis states the creation & other political and social reasons. of male and female. They are enabled to MEDIEVAL ERA: understanding & become one flesh in a union of contracting of marriage was based on self-giving love. Scripture indicates that the Code of Canon Law. The State they were created in a state of recognized the legitimacy of Catholic marriage, and as an image of God, this marriages under civil law & the Catholic unity would be permanent. Church recognized that the authority of Man & Sin the State on marriage is only defined by -through their act of disobedience, civil law. The legal minimum age for Adam & Eve disrupted the natural unity marriage in canon law was 12 for girls & that existed between themselves & God. Rather than a selfless love they began vows & giving their bodies to each other to look inward, toward themselves & in conjugal love. their own desires. MARRIAGE AS A COMMUNION Man’s Hardness of Heart CONJUGAL ACT -effects of Original Sin had serious Distinction from Non-marital acts: consequences for marriage Unmarried couples engage in sexual -Man’s heart was hardened against the activity but lack depth and unite as original love that existed between irreplaceable partners. They cannot give husband & wife. Among the sins that and receive each other through marital entered the world were disordered consent, resulting in a lack of mutual passions & desires as well as the giving and receiving. ultimate betrayal of marital love, Participation in divine mystery: adultery. To accommodate this fallen authentic marital love reflects the state of humanity, the Old Testament mystery of creation and redemption, tolerated the practice of divorce. calling spouses to assist each other in -For the hardness of heart Moses attaining holiness. The conjugal love of allowed you to divorce your wives, but the husband and wife participates not from the beginning, it was not so. (MT only in the mystery of creation but also 19:8) in the mystery of redemption. Authentic -The Old Testament demonstrates how marital love is “redeeming love, love as sinful actions of men and women failed salvation.” to restore unity and happiness, Universal call to holiness: Holiness is the requiring a restoration of marriage to universal call that we all receive as its original purpose. baptized Christians and disciples of our The Sacrament of Matrimony Lord. Spouses are responsible for -Jesus reestablished the permanence of supporting each other’s spiritual growth marriage to its original state by making & sanctification. it a sacrament. Jesus made available the graces necessary for married couples to live as God wants them to live. -This grace is necessary to overcome Original Sin & worldly sinfulness, as sin causes evil within and around individuals. This culture of sin affects both partners in a marriage, leading to discord & jealousy, leading to disunion. -In imitation of Christ, each spouse gives himself/herself entirely & unreservedly to the other, promising unending fidelity through the marital