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    This document discusses the basic realities of marriage from a theological perspective. It describes marriage as both a secular and sacred reality, as it is a human institution but also divinely ordained. Marriage is viewed as both a state that one enters into lifelong and an event that takes place on the wedding day. Additionally, marriage contains elements of both a legal contract and a covenant based on love. The document also notes marriage is both a personal affair between a husband and wife but also a social institution supported by community.

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    This document discusses the basic realities of marriage from a theological perspective. It describes marriage as both a secular and sacred reality, as it is a human institution but also divinely ordained. Marriage is viewed as both a state that one enters into lifelong and an event that takes place on the wedding day. Additionally, marriage contains elements of both a legal contract and a covenant based on love. The document also notes marriage is both a personal affair between a husband and wife but also a social institution supported by community.

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    This document discusses the basic realities of marriage from a theological perspective. It describes marriage as both a secular and sacred reality, as it is a human institution but also divinely ordained. Marriage is viewed as both a state that one enters into lifelong and an event that takes place on the wedding day. Additionally, marriage contains elements of both a legal contract and a covenant based on love. The document also notes marriage is both a personal affair between a husband and wife but also a social institution supported by community.

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    Basic Realities of Marriage

    Marriage: A Profound Reality

    Do you have an adequate knowledge of


    this state of life?
    What is your perception of marriage?
    Is marriage a human institution or a divine
    institution?
    Marriage is a love covenant between man
    and woman. What is your view about this?
    Is marriage a private affair between the
    husband and wife?

    Basic Realities of Marriage

    A Secular and Sacred Reality


    A Human and Divine Institution
    A State and an Event
    A Contract and Covenant
    A Personal Affair and a Social
    Institution

    A Secular and Sacred Reality


    A Secular reality but linked with
    the divine (Schillebeeckx)
    Marriage is celebrated within a
    sacred ritual revealing perception
    that is not exclusively a human
    affair.
    A secular reality = it is a reality of
    creation but that reveals its sacred
    character.

    A Secular and Sacred Reality


    Early Christians = mysterion, a
    sacrament: a sign of higher and a
    sacred reality
    Perception finds its full
    development when Church
    declared that marriage is one of
    the seven sacraments

    A Human and Divine Institution


    Marriage in Theological tradition is
    considered as a duty of nature = it is
    ordained to the task of procreation
    Marriage is naturally human because
    out of their own free wills man and
    woman enter into a union of life and
    love.
    CCC: it is not purely a human
    institution = it is the work of God
    Himself to correct misconception that
    married couples are on their own.

    A Human and Divine Institution


    Casti Conubii (Pius XI): If one has
    contracted matrimony he/she is subject
    to it divinely made laws and essential
    properties.
    Gaudium et Spes: God himself is the
    author of matrimony and gave it with
    various benefits and purposes.
    It demands that not only two to make
    it happen, but three God, male and
    female who are all in love with one
    another.

    A State and an Event


    CFC: Being and also a becoming in that state
    = to become implies a life-long process which
    only began on their wedding day, of gradual
    transformation of an I and a Thou into a
    We (1886)
    Marriage is in fact a lifetime project of the
    couple to bring about the many realities and
    values of married life (matrimonium in facto
    esse)
    Marriage can also be an event (matrimonium in
    fieri)
    A full blossoming of that togetherness cannot
    be definitely achieved on wedding day but
    demands continuous nurturing of love.

    A Contract and Covenant


    Contract = mutual agreement of two
    persons with all legal nuances which
    may not fully capture the rich meaning
    of marital life.
    Covenant = expresses the rationale why
    the couple decide to bring their lives
    together. It is love that seeks their union
    and in turn seeks to fulfill the lovecovenant.

    A Contract and Covenant


    Pag-Iisang Dibdib vs. Pag-Aasawa
    Love-covenant in marriage
    takes place only between man
    and a woman;
    in the complementarity of their
    sexuality;
    ordained towards union and
    procreation.

    A Personal Affair and a


    Social Institution
    Marriage cannot be sought in terms
    of a personal matter like sexual life,
    relationship between husband and
    wife;
    Other factors that determine
    marriage and family: education,
    economics, property, social security,
    public morals etc..

    A Personal Affair and a


    Social Institution
    Marriage needs the support of the
    community. Community laws
    protect the rights and privileges of
    individuals within marriage.
    It is in the midst of such threats
    that the couple needs a source of
    strength and grace that can be
    channeled to them by the believing
    community, the Church.

    Now are you ready to face


    the complexities of human
    reality?
    Marriage is not a magic solution
    to falling in love
    Be open-minded
    Reflect on what God tells us about
    marriage

    End

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