UNIT 2 LESSON 3 Flashcards
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reintroduced this dimension of marriage as well as putting emphasis on the personal character of married life
VATICAN II
the intimate partnership of married life and love has been established by the Creator and qualified by His laws, and is rooted in the conjugal covenant of irrevocable personal consent
GAUDIUM ET SPES NO. 48
It is in reality the wise and provident institution of God the Creator, whose purpose was to effect in man His loving design.
HUMANAE VITAE 83
Husband and wife, through that mutual gift of themselves, which is specific and exclusive to them alone, develop that union of two persons in which they perfect one another, cooperating with God in the generation and rearing new lives.
HUMANAE VITAE 83
In the course of history, despite the stubborness of heart of the Israelites, He endures in His love and remains faithful to His promise of salvation
FAMILIARIS CONSORTIO 13
He established a new covenant by sending His only begotten Son. The communion between God and His people finds its definitive fulfillment in Jesus Christ, the Bridegroom who loves and gives Himself as the Savior of humanity, uniting it to Himself as His body.”
FAMILIARIS CONSORTIO 13
The marriage bond has been established by God himself in such a way that a marriage concluded and consummated between baptized persons can never be dissolved.
Catechism of the Catholic Church #1640
This bond, which results from the free human act of the spouses and their consummation of the marriage, is a reality, henceforth irrevocable, and gives rise to a covenant guaranteed by God’s fidelity.
Catechism of the Catholic Church #1640
The Church does not have the power to contravene this disposition of divine wisdom.
Catechism of the Catholic Church #1640
Marriage is established by the conjugal covenant, that is, the irrevocable consent of both spouses, by which they freely give themselves to each other and accept each other. Moreover, this singular union of a man and a woman requires, and the good of the children demands, the complete fidelity of the spouses and the indissoluble unity of the bond.
ORDER OF CELEBRATING MATRIMONY #2
The matrimonial covenant, by which a man and a woman establish a lifelong partnership between themselves, derives its force and strength from creation, but for the Christian faithful it is also raised up to a higher dignity, since it is numbered among the Sacraments of the new covenant.
Codex Iuris Canonici, Can. 1055 §1
• “the Church is in Christ like a sacrament or as a sign and instrument both of a very close knit union with God and of the unity of the whole human race.
Lumen Gentium no. 1
• The Church attaches great importance to Jesus’ presence at the wedding at Cana. She sees in it the confirmation of the goodness of marriage and the proclamation that henceforth marriage will be an efficacious sign of Christ’s presence.
CCC 1613
They are “efficacious signs of grace instituted by Christ entrusted to the Church, by which divine life is dispensed to us” by the power of the Holy Spirit.
CCC 1131
They are celebrated by means of “visible rites which the sacraments are celebrated signify and make present the graces proper to each sacrament” also by the power of the Holy Spirit.
SACRAMENTS
They bear fruit in those who receive them with the required disposition
SACRAMENTS
is the Primordial Sacrament because he is the Sacrament of the Father.
JESUS
The Church is the Foundational/ Basic Sacrament and a Mystery
CCC 774
is the Foundational/ Basic Sacrament and a Mystery
The Church
Sign and Instrument of Union with God
Church
“Great Mystery” (mysterion): union of Christ and Church
Eph 5; CCC 772-73
SACRAMENT comes from the Latin Word
Sacramentum
comes from the Latin Word Sacramentum
Sacrament
an oath of loyalty taken by a soldier, or an oath in general
Sacramentum (Secular Definition)