Catechism index

1626 III. Matrimonial Consent The Church holds the exchange of consent between the spouses to be the indispensable element that "makes the marriage." 125 If consent is lacking there is no marriage.
1627 III. Matrimonial Consent The consent consists in a "human act by which the partners mutually give themselves to each other": "I take you to be my wife" - "I take you to be my husband." …
1628 III. Matrimonial Consent The consent must be an act of the will of each of the contracting parties, free of coercion or grave external fear. 128 No human power can substitute for this consent. 129 …
1629 III. Matrimonial Consent For this reason (or for other reasons that render the marriage null and void) the Church, after an examination of the situation by the competent ecclesiastical tribunal, can declare the nullity of …
1630 III. Matrimonial Consent The priest (or deacon) who assists at the celebration of a marriage receives the consent of the spouses in the name of the Church and gives the blessing of the Church. the …
1631 III. Matrimonial Consent This is the reason why the Church normally requires that the faithful contract marriage according to the ecclesiastical form. Several reasons converge to explain this requirement: 132 - Sacramental marriage is a …
1632 III. Matrimonial Consent So that the "I do" of the spouses may be a free and responsible act and so that the marriage covenant may have solid and lasting human and Christian foundations, preparation for …
1633 III. Matrimonial Consent In many countries the situation of a mixed marriage (marriage between a Catholic and a baptized non-Catholic) often arises. It requires particular attention on the part of couples and their pastors. A …
1634 III. Matrimonial Consent Difference of confession between the spouses does not constitute an insurmountable obstacle for marriage, when they succeed in placing in common what they have received from their respective communities, and learn from …
1635 III. Matrimonial Consent According to the law in force in the Latin Church, a mixed marriage needs for liceity the express permission of ecclesiastical authority. 135 In case of disparity of cult an express dispensation …
1636 III. Matrimonial Consent Through ecumenical dialogue Christian communities in many regions have been able to put into effect a common pastoral practice for mixed marriages. Its task is to help such couples live out their …
1637 III. Matrimonial Consent In marriages with disparity of cult the Catholic spouse has a particular task: "For the unbelieving husband is consecrated through his wife, and the unbelieving wife is consecrated through her husband." 138 …
1638 IV. The Effects of the Sacrament of Matrimony "From a valid marriage arises a bond between the spouses which by its very nature is perpetual and exclusive; furthermore, in a Christian marriage the spouses are strengthened and, as it were, …
1639 IV. The Effects of the Sacrament of Matrimony The consent by which the spouses mutually give and receive one another is sealed by God himself. 141 From their covenant arises "an institution, confirmed by the divine law, . . . …
1640 IV. The Effects of the Sacrament of Matrimony Thus 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. This bond, which results from …
1641 IV. The Effects of the Sacrament of Matrimony "By reason of their state in life and of their order, [Christian spouses] have their own special gifts in the People of God." 145 This grace proper to the sacrament of Matrimony …
1642 IV. The Effects of the Sacrament of Matrimony Christ is the source of this grace. "Just as of old God encountered his people with a covenant of love and fidelity, so our Savior, the spouse of the Church, now encounters …
1643 V. The Goods and Requirements of Conjugal Love "Conjugal love involves a totality, in which all the elements of the person enter - appeal of the body and instinct, power of feeling and affectivity, aspiration of the spirit and of …
1644 V. The Goods and Requirements of Conjugal Love The love of the spouses requires, of its very nature, the unity and indissolubility of the spouses' community of persons, which embraces their entire life: "so they are no longer two, but …
1645 V. The Goods and Requirements of Conjugal Love "The unity of marriage, distinctly recognized by our Lord, is made clear in the equal personal dignity which must be accorded to man and wife in mutual and unreserved affection." 153 Polygamy …