Vatican II on Marriage and Family

Gaudium et spes

joy and hope

why was vatican 2 called?

• to address urgency in the church.

• came together not to refute a heresy (like most councils)

• called in order to get a better understanding of the catholic faith

what changed in the structure of vatican 2 from previous ecumenical councils?

change in language and presentation

what was the format of ecumenical councils before vatican 2?

terminology used

thomistic:

• technical

• juridical

examples: “primary ends of marriage” “goods of marriage”

format and language of vatican 2

personalism

• language of human experience

• “bonum” = good

• “donum” = gift

asci 69-70 on if vatican 2 changed the ends of marriage

Is marital love an end of marriage?

1) no

2) you seek something you don’t already have

3) you don’t get married because you “one day want to love” your spouse

4) love is the form of the marriage

YOU DON’T HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN LOVE AND PROCREATION OF CHILDREN

Marriage as a specific vocation to holiness

• vatican 2 explicitly said that marriage was a vocation and therefore a path to holiness

• before, people thought to be holy, you have to be a priest/nun

who started vatican 2 and then died?

Pope John 23rd.

who took over vatican 2 after the previous pope died?

J

what did the pope do with the issue of contraception that was unique and had some people questioning?

he took the issue for himself to discuss and decipher.

Why did the pope remove the issue of contraception for himself?

1) (wrong) the church was having second thoughts about its condemnation of contraception and he wanted to reverse church teaching.

2) they were still trying to figure out what the pill was and whether or not it actually was a contraception. other forms of contraception at the time were physical

who provided the endowment to create the contraception pill?

margaret sanger

1950s

when did the FDA approve the birth control pill as an oral contraception?

1960s

when was the pill reformulated with an abortifacient

1980s

when did pope paul the 6th enlarge the comission and what groups of people did he include?

1963

preists

theologians

married couples

when did the commission submit their reports to pope paul the 6th?

1966

what was the contents of the commission’s majority report

• the church could change its teachings on contraception

• the church should change its teachings on contraception

what was the contents of the commission’s minority report

• the church could not change its teaching on contraception

• influenced by Arch Bishop Karol Wojtyla (JPII)

when was humane vitae written?

1968

who was humanae vitae written by

pope paul 6th.