About Matrimony
Meanings of Marriage
Parts of the Matrimony
Terms
Other
100

Joining of man and women

Matrimony

100

total, faithful, exclusive love that is procreative and unitive in marriage

conjugal love

100

Matter

mutual consent and covenant to live together as husband and wife

100

the use of any mechanical means that prevents pregnancy during a marriage

artificial birth control

100

a violation of the sanctity of marriage when one of the married couple engages in relations with someone else

adultery

200

The Sacrament of Holy Matrimony is at...

the Service of Communion
200

God's love and intentions for man and woman reflected a state of...

martial perfection

200

Form

Consent giving in wedding vows

200

the practice of engaging in sexual intercourse based on a woman's natural cycles of fertility and infertility, which can be used to help couples enhance or avoid conception

natural family planning

200

a civil dissolution of a marriage. Requires an annulment if one seeks to remarry

divorce

300

What type of union is Matrimony and who created it?

Holy union created by God.

300

Two aspects of marital acts

unitive and procreative

300

Minister

the couple themselves

300

formation of new life

procreation

300

a "decree of nullity" from a Church court stating that a presumed marriage was never valid

annulment

400

In what book does it state that God created "male and female"

The Book of Genesis

400

What aspect is an integral part of the unitive aspect of marriage?

The procreative

400

Type

vocation

400

a solemn promise expressed in either words or actions

covenant

400

the quality of marriage that does not allow it to end until death

indissoluble

500

living together "as husband and wife" while not actually married.

cohabition

500

that dimension of a marital act which expresses love and intimacy

unitive

500

Ministers (also known as the witness)

priest or deacon

500

an ancient expression for the family as the first herald of Faith

domestic church

500

what are three things that represent matrimony/marrige

rings, veils, cakes, flowers, candles, bibles, and interlocked rings

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