BASIC REALITIES AND CHRISTIAN DIMENSIONS OF MARRIAGE - but also and mainly to love, children, a home, fidelity,

heroism and ...faith.

Marriage is:
- a special contract FAITH
- of permanent union between a man and a woman - A valid marriage contract cannot exist between
- entered into in accordance with law
 baptized persons without its being by the fact a
- for the establishment of conjugal and family life SACRAMENT. (can. 1055)

FAMILY CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES - Only in faith can one fully understand and live the
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO.209 ; JULY 6,1987 meaning of Christian marriage as a vocation, with
It is the foundation of family life and mutual fidelity, responsible parenthood and human
an inviolable social institution whose nature, maturity as its indispensable ingredients.
consequences
and incidents are governed by law and not
subject to stipulation,except that marriage settlements
may fix Life Event
the property relations
during the marriage
within the limits - Defined by The Oxford Dic2onary of Sociology as “any
provided by this Code. demarcated change in demographic, educational,
employment, health or other individual circumstance
 ARTICLE 36 – DECLARATION OF NULLITY locatable to a particular point in time.”
Available to those who have technical glitches in legal
requirements, such as age or marriage license - Rite of Passage
CAN REMARRY - Strong family influence
 ARTICLE 45 – ANNULMENT - Feast

For those who can prove either spouse is - Common Values
psychologically incapacitated to perform their marital
obligations Function of Rituals
CAN REMARRY a) Limit situations
 ARTICLE 55 – LEGAL SEPARATION b) Symbolic

For those who choose to live separately without any c) Social Purpose
obligation.Grounds for legal separation include sexual
infidelity and physical abuse
CANNOT REMARRY

1989 CODE OF CANON LAW

Marriage is ...
a covenant by which a man and a woman establish between
themselves a partnership of their whole life, and which by its
very nature is ordered to the well-being of the spouses and to
the procreation and upbringing of children.

Marriage between the baptized has been raised by Christ the

Lord to the dignity of a sacrament.

MARRIAGE IS A DIVINE REALITY

- God himself is the author of marriage (CCC no. 1603)
- God created man out of love and also calls him to love
- Therefore, a man and a woman’s mutual love, mirrors
the love of God for man

MARRIAGE IS A HUMAN REALITY

 OFFICIUM NATURAE or DUTY OF NATURE
 A STATE AND AN EVENT

 A CONTRACT AND A COVENANT

 PERSONAL
 SOCIAL

MARRIAGE is a COMPLEX REALITY

- sacred, public, social, legal and religious affair

- not only related to white gowns, rings, flowers,
sponsors and receptions