Title: The Definition of the Sacrament of Marriage or Holy Matrimony - St George Roman Catholic Parish, Apache Junction, AZ
Headings: The Definition of the Sacrament of Marriage or Holy Matrimony
The Definition of the Sacrament of Marriage or Holy Matrimony
337. What is the plan of God regarding man and woman?
338. For what ends has God instituted Matrimony?
339. How does sin threaten marriage?
340. What does the Old Testament teach about marriage?
341. What new element did Christ give to Matrimony?
342. Are all obliged to get married?
343. How is the sacrament of Matrimony celebrated?
344. What is matrimonial consent?
345. What is required when one of the spouses is not a Catholic?
346. What are the effects of the sacrament of Matrimony?
347. What sins are gravely opposed to the sacrament of Matrimony?
348. When does the Church allow the physical separation of spouses?
349. What is the attitude of the Church toward those people who are divorced and then remarried?
350. Why is the Christian family called a domestic church?
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Content: The Definition of the Sacrament of Marriage or Holy Matrimony - St George Roman Catholic Parish, Apache Junction, AZ
The Definition of the Sacrament of Marriage or Holy Matrimony
For Catholics, the Sacrament of Marriage, or Holy Matrimony, is a public sign that one gives oneself totally to this other person. It is also a public statement about God: the loving union of husband and wife speaks of family values and also God's values. 337. What is the plan of God regarding man and woman? 1601-1605
God who is love and who created man and woman for love has called them to love. By creating man and woman he called them to an intimate communion of life and of love in marriage: “ So that they are no longer two, but one flesh” ( Matthew 19:6). God said to them in blessing “Be fruitful and multiply” ( Genesis 1:28). 338.