COMMITMENT FOR LIFE

Divorce

forcible breaking or ending of a valid marriage

Annulment

invalidation of the marriage that has been defective from the beginning

Kiddushin

Jewish term for the betrothal stage of marriage

Consummation

first sexual intercourse of the couple

Manichaeism

heresy deemed that all matter, including marriage, was evil

Marriage

covenant willed by God and must not be broken

1. jewish

2. roman

3. germanic

3 cultural traditions of marriage

nissuin

jewish term for the wedding proper

1. capacity to marry

2. desire to marry

3. expression of desire

requirements for roman marriage

coemptio

fictitious purchase of the bride by the groom

free marriage

matrimonium liberum

matrimonium liberum

marriage where woman was regarded as her husband’s equal

secret marriage

matrimonium clandestinum

matrimonium clandestinum

mutual exchange of marital consent was enough to create a marriage, even without witnesses

1. betrothal

2. desponsatio

3. wedding

4. consummation

germanic series of acts

betrothal

mutual exchange of a promise to marry

desponsatio

exchange of wedding pledges

wedding

mutual exchange of marital consent

Manichaeism

heresy deemed that all matter, including marriage, was evil

goods of marriage

bona matrimonii

1. good of offspring

2. good of fidelity

3. good of indissolubility

what are the bona primaria (primary goods)

1. marital friendship

2. mutual assistance

3. remedy for concupsicence

what are the bona secundaria

infidelity

threat to unity of marriage

divorce

threat to indissolubility of marriage

1. porneia

2. pauline privilege

3. petrine privilege

reasons for annulment

porneia

marriage celebrated contrary to the rulings of leviticus 18:1-30

pauline privilege

keeping the christian faith rather than the marriage if their conjugal relationship becomes intolerable

petrine privilege

dissolution of validly contracted but non-sacramental marriages

boundary violations

origin of infidelity