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The Sacraments of the Catholic Church,
"instituted by Christ
and entrusted to the Church, are efficacious signs of grace perceptible to the
senses. Through them
divine life
is bestowed upon us.
They assist individuals in their spiritual progress and growth in holiness. The
sacraments contribute to the Church's growth in charity and in giving witness.
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Matrimony,
or Marriage, like Holy Orders, is a sacrament that consecrates for a particular
mission in building up the Church, and that provides grace for accomplishing
that mission. This sacrament, seen as a sign of the love uniting Christ and the
Church, establishes between the spouses a permanent and exclusive bond, sealed
by God. Accordingly, a marriage between
baptized
persons, validly entered into and consummated, cannot be dissolved. The
sacrament confers on them the grace they need for attaining holiness in their
married life and for responsible acceptance and upbringing of their children.
As a condition for validity, the sacrament is celebrated in the presence of the
and at least two other witnesses, though in the theological tradition of the
Latin Church the ministers of the sacrament are the couple themselves. For a
valid marriage, a man and a woman must express their conscious and free consent
to a definitive self-giving to the other, excluding none of the essential
properties and aims of marriage. If one of the two is a non-Catholic Christian,
their marriage is licit only if the permission of the competent authority of
the Catholic Church is obtained. If one of the two is not a Christian (i.e. has
not been baptized the competent authority's dispensation is necessary for validity.
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Welcome to Catholic Marry.Net
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