THEO SUMMATIVE TEST 4

I STARTED FROM THE LAST LESSON TO WHATEVER THE FIRST IS

Family planning

includes the use of contraceptives, sexuality education and natural family planning techniques.

Contraceptives

include barrier methods like diaphragm, condoms and hormonal birth control. It can also include surgery (hysterectomy for women, vasectomy for men) or intrauterine devices (worn inside a woman’s vagina) during intercourse.

Sex education

teaches young people how their reproductive systems function and how to use contraceptives, and the truth about pregnancy and birth control.

Contraceptive

is a device designed to prevent sperm from fertilizing the egg.

Medical reasons

❑ Physical conditions: pregnancy allegedly endangers the life or health of the women or the fetus.

❑ To prevent pregnancies that are too close together or poorly timed which contributes to high infant mortality rates.

❑ For the sake of infant health: obstetrical : toxemia, eclampsia, hyperemesis, and pelvic disproportion.

❑ Heart disease, hypertension, renal disease, diabetes, Hypertension and HIV infection.

Eugenic reasons

❑ Suspected genetic deficiency

❑ To avoid having “defective” children

❑ Create a “better human race”.

Psychological reasons

❑ Fear of having children

❑ Fear of the possible dangers in pregnancy and childbirth.

Socioeconomic resons

Poverty

Government

Natural family planning (NFP) methods

observe and follow the natural cycles of fertility and infertility of the woman’s body. Couples make decisions whether or not to achieve pregnancy on that basis.

Sexual revolution

An ideology promoting sexual permissiveness largely emerged from Sigmund Freud's theories, where he held that much of mental illness is caused by sexual repression.

Herbert Marcuse

critiqued the existing societal norms and called for a non-repressive society where people can be free to engage in open sexuality to bring greater happiness and freedom.

Wilhelm Reich

coined the term sexual revolution and advocated the abolition of traditional sexual morality

Gaudium et Spes

The Mother and Teacher of faith, the Church, addressed concerns regarding marriage and family in this document

document emphasized and affirmed both the dignity of the human person and the noble value of marriage and family.

Humanae Vitae

Concerned about how the practice of sexuality is being abused and desacralized

written by Pope Paul VI

Evangelium Vitae

Written by Pope John Paul II to defend the dignity and inviolability of human life.

Legal capacity

At least 18 years of age, male and female

Not under any impediment to marry.

ESSENTIAL REQUISITES OF MARRIAGE

1.Legal Capacity

2.Consent freely given by the contracting parties in the presence of the solemnizing officer.

FORMAL REQUISITES

1.Authority of the Solemnizing Officer

2.A Valid Marriage License

3.Marriage Ceremony

CANONICAL DESCRIPTION OF MARRIAGE

Marriage is an intimate community of life and love, established by the Creator and endowed by Him with its own proper laws.

TRIPOD OF MARRIAGE VALIDITY

a. Capacity

b. Consent

c. Canonical Form

Capacity

❑Freedom from all matrimonial diriment impediments.

❑A defect in any of these renders canonical marriage null and void ab initio

Consent

Diriment Impediments

conditions under Catholic canon law that render a marriage invalid from the beginning (null and void).

CANONICAL FORM

❑Constitutive procedure for the celebration of marriage as stipulated by Church law.

❑A defect in any of these renders canonical marriage null and void ab initio.

Public

Can be proven with documents or witnesses.

Occult

Hidden; cannot be proven in court.

Divine

God’s law; no dispensation (permission) allowed.

Ecclesiastical

Church law; dispensation can be granted.

Absolute

Stops you from marrying anyone.

Relative

Stops you from marrying one specific person.

Perpetual

Never ceases (e.g., blood relation).

Age

Minimum 16 (male) / 14 (female). In the Philippines, 18 for both.

Impotence

Physical inability to perform the conjugal act. Must be permanent and exist before marriage.

Previous Bond

Cannot marry if already married. Ends only by death, special Papal permission, or declaration of nullity.

Disparity of Cult

Marriage between a Catholic and a non-baptized person. Requires a dispensation and a promise to raise children Catholic.

Sacred Orders

Ordained ministers (priests/deacons) bound by celibacy cannot marry.

Public Perpetual Vows

Those in religious orders (nuns/brothers) cannot marry without a dispensation from their vows.

Abduction

Cannot marry a woman who has been kidnapped or detained with the intent to marry her.

Crime

Cannot marry someone if you killed their previous spouse (or your own) to make the marriage possible.

Consanguinity

Blood relationship. Prohibited for all direct ancestors/descendants and up to 4th-degree cousins.

Affinity

Relationship with the blood relatives of a deceased spouse. Prohibited in the direct line (e.g., marrying a mother-in-law).

Public Propriety

Arises from living together without marriage or in a "notorious" relationship; blocks marriage to the partner's close relatives.

Legal Relationship

Marriage is prohibited between an adopter and the adopted child (or their close relatives).

Consensual Incapacity

Lack of natural ability to give consent due to lack of reason, poor judgment, or inability to take on marriage obligations.

Ignorance

Not knowing marriage is a permanent partnership for raising children through sexual cooperation.

Error of Person

Making a false judgment about the identity of the person or a specific quality you intended them to have.

Fraud

A calculated act of deception regarding a quality of the person that would gravely disturb married life.

Error of Will

A false belief regarding the unity or indissolubility of marriage that determines your decision to marry.

Simulation or Exclusion

A deliberate act of the will to reject marriage itself or one of its essential properties (like having children).

Condition

Attaching consent to a future event. This makes the consent have no effect (no marriage).

Force / Fear

Marriage entered into because of external pressure or grave fear that leaves the person no choice but to marry.

Proxy Marriage

Invalid unless a proxy is officially appointed with a signed mandate witnessed by authority or according to civil law.

Minister

Marriage is assisted by an ordained witness (Bishop, priest, or deacon) or a delegated lay person if clergy are unavailable.

Ordained Official Witness

A Bishop, priest, or deacon who assists at the marriage.

Lay Official Church Witness

A lay person delegated by the Bishop (if priests are lacking) who is competent to instruct the couple and perform the liturgy.

Two Common Witnesses

Must have sufficient use of reason and knowledge of the nature of marriage.

Extraordinary Form

Marriage without a qualified witness is possible in two cases: danger of death or if a witness will be unavailable for over a month.

Dispensation from Canonical Form

Permission to marry outside the Catholic form (for mixed marriages); requires consultation with the Local Ordinary and a public ceremony.

Binding Force

These rules bind any couple where at least one person is baptized in the Catholic Church.