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Encyclopedia > Catholic marriage
"Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate." (Gospel of Matthew 19:6) Matrimony, The Seven Sacraments, Rogier van der Weyden, ca. 1445.
"Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate." (Gospel of Matthew 19:6) Matrimony, The Seven Sacraments, Rogier van der Weyden, ca. 1445.

Ryan Jeffery should not copy and paste from this site. In the theology of the Roman Catholic Church, marriage, also called matrimony, is an indissoluble bond between a man and a woman, created by human contract and ratified by divine grace. It is one of the seven sacraments. It is ordinarily celebrated in a Nuptial Mass. Image File history File links Weyden_Matrimony. ... Image File history File links Weyden_Matrimony. ... The Gospel of Matthew (literally, according to Matthew; Greek, Κατά Μαθθαίον or Κατά Ματθαίον, Kata Maththaion or Kata Matthaion) is a synoptic gospel in the New Testament, one of four canonical gospels. ... Deposition by Roger van der Weyden (c. ... “Catholic Church” redirects here. ... Marriage is an interpersonal relationship with governmental, social, or religious recognition, usually intimate and sexual, and often created as a contract, or through civil process. ... A sacrament is a Christian rite that mediates divine grace. ... Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger (now Pope Benedict XVI) presiding at the 2005 Easter Vigil Mass in place of the dying Pope John Paul II. Mass is the term used of the celebration of the Eucharist in the Latin rites of the Roman Catholic Church. ...


The nature of the covenant requires that the two participants be one man and one woman, that they be free to marry, that they willingly and knowingly enter into a valid marriage contract, and that they validly execute the performance of the contract.


On the exact definition of each of these steps hinge all the arguments and technical points involved in annulments, and annulment disputes (eg, one of the most famous, that of Henry VIII). Catholic Canon law regulates the celebration of marriage in canons 1055 -- 1065. Annulment is a legal procedure for declaring a marriage null and void. ... “Henry VIII” redirects here. ... Canon Law is the ecclesiastical law of the Roman Catholic Church. ...

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Freedom to marry

The participants in a marriage contract must be free to marry, and to marry each other. That is, they must be an unmarried man and woman, with no impediments as set out by Canon law. Canon Law is the ecclesiastical law of the Roman Catholic Church. ...


Free Intent to marry

In the Catholic Church, it is consent that creates marriage. Consent consists in a human act by which the partners mutually give themselves to each other. Consent must be a free act of the will of the consenting parties, free of coercion or grave external error. If freedom is lacking, the consent is invalid.


Conditions for a Sacramental Marriage

Both the man and the woman must be baptized. Marriage consent must be freely and validly exchanged. The canonical form of marriage must be followed (unless dispensed). The requirement for a Canonical Form of Marriage began due to the reforms of the Council of Trent. With the decree Tametsi of 11 November 1563. Ne Temere promulgated by Pius X, August 2, 1907 added (and continues to enforce) further specifications. Tametsi (Latin, although) is the legislation of the Catholic Church which was in force until Easter 1908 concerning clandestine marriage. ... Ne Temere (literally meaning not rashly in Latin) is a decree (named for its opening words) of the Roman Catholic Congregation of the Council declaring invalid any marriage of a Roman Catholic or any person who has ever been a Roman Catholic, unless contracted before a qualified Roman Catholic priest...


The Ministers of Matrimony

The husband and wife must validly execute the marriage contract. In the Roman Catholic tradition, it is the spouses who are understood to confer marriage on each other. The spouses, as ministers of grace, naturally confer upon each other the sacrament of matrimony, expressing their consent before the church. This does not eliminate the need for church involvement in the marriage; under normal circumstances, canon law requires the attendance of a priest or deacon and at least two witnesses for validity (see canons 1108-1116). Sacraments in the Roman Catholic Church or preferably, the Catholic Church are efficacious signs, perceptible to the senses, of grace. ...


This is somewhat different for the Eastern Catholic Churches, which follow the Eastern Orthodox beliefs regarding marriage. Therefore, the priest (never a deacon) is the minister of the sacrament (see Catechism of the Catholic Church § 1623, 1992 edition) through the act of "crowning" the couple with a pair of crowns while proclaiming them received into the Kingdom of Heaven. The vows are exchanged well beforehand in the Byzantine ritual and are not binding. They are a remnant of the Liturgy of Betrothal which had used to be done in a separate Liturgy. Thus it is known in the East as the Mystery (read: Sacrament) of Crowning as often as it is called matrimony.


Impediments to Catholic Marriage

Antedent and Perpetual Impotence
Sanguinity to the fourth collateral line (1st cousin)/affinity (inlaws) in the direct line
Prior Bond
Holy Orders
Perpetual Vows of chastity in a religious institute
Disparity of Cult
conjucide
abduction
public propriety
adoption to the second collateral line[1]


Validity

A marriage may be somewhat defective and yet still be valid; such a marriage is illicit. A marriage which was sufficiently defective as not to meet the required criteria is invalid, and the participants are considered not to have actually married (the children are in all cases considered legitimate, as there is no concept of "illegitimacy" in Catholic theology or Canon Law.). [citation needed]


Nullity

Catholic theology teaches that a validly contracted marriage is accompanied by divine ratification, creating a virtually indissoluble union until consummation, after which the marriage is completely indissoluble. An unconsummated marriage can in certain circumstances be dissolved by the Church through papal dispensation. Once the marriage is consummated, only a separation is possible; the marriage bond cannot be dissolved. Therefore, the term "divorce" has no meaning in the context of Catholic marriage.


An annulment is a declaration that the marriage was invalid at the time the vows were exchanged. In cases of two baptized people, this also means that no sacrament ever took place. Thus, an annulment is declared only when an ecclesial tribunal finds a lack of validity in the marriage at the time of the marital contract. Behavior subsequent to the contract is not directly relevant, except as post facto evidence of the validity or invalidity of the contract. That is, behavior subsequent to the contract cannot actually change the validity of the contract. For example, a marriage would be invalid if one of the parties, at the time of marriage, did not intend to honor the vow of fidelity. If the spouse did intend to be faithful at the time of the marriage but later committed adultery this does not invalidate the marriage. Annulment is a legal procedure for declaring a marriage null and void. ...


Annulment and divorce, therefore, differ in both in rationale and effect; an annulment is a finding that the original marriage was invalid (denying that the sacrament ever existed), whereas a divorce is a dissolution of the civil contract of marriage.


Glossary

  • Affinity - Relationship by marriage (eg, brother-in-law)
  • Consanguinity - Relationship of blood or legal adoption
  • Crimen - An impediment to marriage caused by one party previously conspiring to marry (upon condition of death of spouse) while still married
  • Diriment impediment - A hindrance to marriage which renders the marriage invalid, the only kind recognized under the 1983 Code of Canon Law
  • Disparity of cult - Marriage between a Catholic and a non baptized person
  • Dispensation - Removal of an impediment by a formal action of a Church official
  • Illicit - A marriage which was not celebrated according to the norm of law, yet remains a valid marriage
  • Impediment - A hindrance to marriage
  • Invalid - A marriage is not valid, and so is not a Sacramental marriage
  • Invalid as to form - a marriage which invalid due to defect canonical form of the celebration of the marriage
  • Putative - a marriage objectively invalid, but celebrated in good faith by at least one of the parties
  • Canonical marriage -- marriage celebrated inaccord with canon law

Look up affinity in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Consanguinity, literally meaning common blood, describes how close a person is related to another in the sense of a family. ... Crimen is a Latin term meaning crime. ... Disparity of Worship or Disparity of cult (Disparitas Cultus) is a diriment impediment in Roman Catholic canon law: a reason why a marriage can not be validly contracted without a dispensation, stemming from one person being certainly baptized, and the other certainly not baptized. ... Dispensation is the act of distributing goods or services, especially those that are regulated, as in the practice of pharmacists. ... Illicit Streetwear is a clothing company based in Auckland, New Zealand. ... Canonical impediment is a term used in the Canon Law of the Catholic Church and refers to a legal obstacle which prevents a sacrament from being performed validly and/or licitly. ... Look up invalid in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

External links

References

  1. ^ cann 1083 -- 1094 CIC 1983

See also

The Seven Sacraments of the Catholic Church
Baptism | Reconciliation | Eucharist | Confirmation | Matrimony | Holy Orders | Anointing of the Sick

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Catholic marriage - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (825 words)
A marriage in which one party is misled may be either invalid or illicit, depending on the nature of the fraud.
A marriage which was sufficiently defective as to not meet the required criteria is invalid, and the participants are considered to not have actually married (although their children may still be considered to be legitimate).
An annulment is a declaration that the marriage is deemed to have been invalid.
Ritual of Marriage (3648 words)
This was the case in the Sarum rite and it was retained among English Catholics until the middle of the eighteenth century.
The parallel of this marriage ceremony is seen in the pall held over nuns while the consecratory preface is being said at their clothing or profession.
Marriages in the Greek Church take place after the celebration of the Liturgy, and, as in the West, the season of Lent is a forbidden time.
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