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Marriage Agreement

Let it be known that (Husband) and (Wife) enter into an agreement, to


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This agreement will be effective on the wedding date.
Signed this 10th day of January 2011

___________ ___________
Husband Wife

Witnesses:
___________ ___________ ____________
Marriage as a Contract
“A special contract of permanent union
between man and woman entered into in
accordance with law for the establishment
of conjugal and family life. It is the
foundation of the family and an inviolable
institution whose nature, consequences and
incidents are governed by law and not
subject to stipulation by the spouses”
(Family Code of the Philippines)

It is a permanent union.


It can be entered only by a man and a
woman
Marriage as a Contract
Important Points:
Family affairs, always have an effect on society,
therefore, both civil and ecclesial ought to regulate
it.
It demands love more than just a casual
relationship.
Must be seen in reference to God, its author. “The
nature of matrimony is entirely independent of the free
will of man, so that if contracted, thereby subject to its
divinely constituted purpose and its essential
properties” (Casti Conubii)
“Free” consent is limited only to the question of
whether to marry and whom to marry.
Matrimonial consent is such an indispensable
element in the validity of marriage. It makes the
marriage.
Irrevocable, indissoluble
Marriage as a Contract
Obstacles which could render persons
incapable of free consent:
1. Those that affect a person’s
capacity to decide.
2. Those that block his freedom to
give consent.
3. Those that prevent the external
expression of his consent.
Marriage as a Contract
Some factors affecting a person’s capacity to make
decisions:
1. Lack of sufficient use of reason.
2. Serious lack of judgmental discretion concerning
the rights and duties of marriage, which are to be
mutually offered and accepted.
3. Serious psychic anomaly or conditions that make
persons incapable of fulfilling the essential
obligations of marriage.
4. Ignorance, or lack of knowledge that marriage is
permanent and, through some sexual cooperation
ordained toward procreation and education of
children.
5. Error, that is, wrong judgment concerning the
person; fraud is perpetuated to get consent.
Marriage as a Contract
Obstacles that affect the exercise of a
person’s freedom:
1. Force or coercion: The use of
physical force to make someone do
something against his or her will.
2. Grave fear caused by
someone/something outside the
person, even when influenced
unintentionally. The person does
what the intimidator wants, not
what he/she wants to remove the
threat from him/her.
Marriage as a Covenant
Marriage, centered on Love, thus, in reality, it is
a Love –Covenant.
In the Old Testament tradition, God took the

initiative to reach out to his people to build a


relationship. He showed fidelity in spite of the
Israelites’ unfaithfulness.
This covenant is seen in Christ, between Him

and the Church.


Covenant is based on friendship, a dynamic

alliance, open minded commitment.


Traditional primary ends are: generation and

education of children, and the secondary end


which is couple’s mutual help and remedy for
concupiscence. (good of the spouse and children)
Marriage as a Covenant
The Ends of Marriage
 The Good of the Spouses (Love-
uniting element)
 The Good of the Children (Ordained
towards procreation and education)
Children are considered as threats or
burdens to economic stability, but
as gifts and, indeed the crowning
glory of marriage and married love.
Marriage as a Covenant
Essential Properties of Marriage
1. Unity or Exclusiveness: Enriched by
the spouses’ faithfulness
By its nature conjugal love requires the
inviolable fidelity of the spouse. This is the
consequence of the gift of themselves which
they make to each other. Love seeks to be
definitive; it cannot be an arrangement until
further notice.
2. Indissolubility or Permanence:
Enriched by the spouses’ struggles for
lastingness.
Indissolubility is a covenant and a sacrament.
Marriage as a Covenant
3. Openness to Fertility: Enriched by
fruitfulness in the married life
The physical capacity of the husband and
wife to have children through their sexual
union.
Although in some instance, the act may not
bring life, it still has a rich procreative
significance because through it, they accept
their union as a call to give life in
collaboration with the Creator.
Fruitfulness demands not only in the ends of
generation of children but extends to their
continuous upbringing. It also signifies the
growth of the partners as persons.
Marriage as a Covenant
Marriage as a Covenant

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