A definite shift in the Catholic Church's understanding of marriage took place at Vatican Council II. Rather than perceiving marriage as a contract whose primary purpose was the procreation of children, the council spoke of marriage as an intimate partnership of life and love. Then, recapturing an earlier tradition, it went on to describe the family as a domestic church. In this book seven theologians who have lectured and written extensively on marriage probe the rich theology of marriage and family that emerged from Vatican II and explore some of the implications that flow from this theology. Part One reflects on the sacramentality of marriage and on the family as a church of the home. Part Two examines the pastoral implications this has for marital and family ministry and spirituality.
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valid marriage contract cannot exist, marital ministry, baptized nonbelievers, sacramental intention, wider church community, domestic church, sacramental marriage, marital spirituality, baptismal commitment, marital sacrament, opus operantis, sacramental validity, pastoral praxis, family spirituality, guiding beliefs, marriage preparation, sacramental bond, prophetic symbol, active faith, divorce mediation, efficacious sign, opus operatum, sacramental theology, sacramental dimension Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Familiaris Consortio, Code of Canon Law, Paulist Press, John Paul, Lumen Gentium, Jesus Christ, Roman Catholic, Council of Trent, Second Vatican Council, Apostolicam Actuositatem, San Francisco, United States Catholic Conference, Joann Heaney-Hunter, Karl Rahner, Michael Lawler, Contemporary Perspectives, Dogmatic Constitution, Each Other Forever, Twenty-Third Publications, Anthony Messenger Press, Follow The Way of Love, Orbis Books, The Savage Sacrament, Garden City New!
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- Theological Investigations Volume X by Karl Rahner on 4 pages
- Secular Marriage, Christian Sacrament by Michael Lawler on 4 pages
- Traits of a Healthy Family (Epiphany) by Dolores Curran on page 77, page 78, and page 124
- Marriage: Human Reality and Saving Mystery (Stagbooks) by Edward Schillebeeckx on page 20, page 57, and page 121
- Foundations of Christian Faith: An Introduction to the Idea of Christianity by Karl Rahner on page 21, page 156, and page 159
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- Living Together and Christian Ethics (New Studies in Christian Ethics) by Adrian Thatcher on page 260, and Back Matter
- Marriage and the Catholic Church: Disputed Questions (Theology) by Michael G. Lawler on page 25, and page 218
- Ethics and World Religions: Cross-Cultural Case Studies by Regina Wentzel Wolfe on page 83, and page 85
- Catholic Social Teaching, 1891-Present: A Historical, Theological, and Ethical Analysis (Moral Traditions series) by Charles E. Curran on page 136
- Theology and the Social Sciences (Annual Publication of the College Theology Society) (V. 46) by Michael Horace Barnes on page 272
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