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It explains marriage’s divine authorship, its sacred character, and its essential purposes: procreation and mutual, lifelong support. The text also addresses required free and voluntary consent, conditions that can invalidate the matrimonial contract, and the permanence of marriage under God’s joining. 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A vow of perpetual virginity does not invalidate it if the right to sexual intercourse is not excluded.","https://schema.org",{"og:url":83,"og:type":124,"og:title":65,"og:site_name":95,"og:description":67},"article",{"robots":126,"canonical":83},"index,follow",{"doc_id":128,"site_id":62},402379,1790790057,{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":131},{"doc_id":128,"user_id":132,"nickname":92,"user_avatar":133,"doc_module":4,"category_id":44,"category_name":45,"doc_title":65,"doc_description":67,"doc_content":134,"file_id":135,"file_url":136,"file_type":137,"file_size":138,"view_count":19,"is_deleted":4,"is_public":8,"is_downloadable":8,"audit_status":8,"page_count":139,"language":140,"language_code":63,"site_id":62,"html_lang":63,"table_of_contents":141,"faqs":142,"seo_title":143,"seo_description":67,"update_tm":144,"read_time":145},2336475104736,"https://ap-avatar.wpscdn.com/avatar/22000c4c5e0e5b17e70?x-image-process=image/resize,m_fixed,w_180,h_180&k=1786591360781797222","INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE MARRIAGE  \nBy the Very Rev. Wenceslaus Hertvik, OFM Imprimatur: Paul C. Schulte, Archbishop of Indianapolis, March 22, 1960  \nEdition 2006, edited and extended by Fr. Boulet and Fr. Herkel, SSPX, according to the practice of the Society of St. Pius X in Canada  \nI. THE MARRIAGE CONTRACT  \n\"Wherefore a man shall leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife;  \nand they shall be two in one flesh\" (Genesis 2:24) .  \n1. What is marriage?  \nMarriage is the lawful and permanent contract entered into by one man and one woman who mutually and freely agree to give to each other the exclusive lifelong right over their bodies for actions apt and proper for the procreation of children.  \n2. Who is the author of marriage?  \nOur Lord, quoting the book of Genesis, said: \"Have you not, read that He who created them from the beginning made them male and female, declaring: 'For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and cleave to his wife, and they shall be two in one flesh.' Therefore they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let no man put asunder\"(Matthew 19:3-9) .  \nThe author of marriage, therefore, is God who made the sexes and gave man and woman so strong an attraction for each other that they seek one another for the propagation of the human race.“And God blessed them saying: \"Increase and multiply, and fill the earth\" (Genesis 1:28) . It was God who decreed that only one man and one woman were to be helpmates for each other in an intimate and permanent marital union.  \n3. Is marriage a holy and sacred institution?  \nYes, because the Creator of the human race instituted it for a sacred purpose. God made marriage the means by which husband and wife cooperate with Him in bringing a new human being into the world. By their cooperation the parents produce the body, and God by His almighty creative act produces the immortal soul of the new creature. In this way, new human beings are brought to life so that they may know, love and serve God, and finally enjoy Him forever in heaven. Moreover, in God's plan, marriage is a state of life. It is a real vocation in which husband and wife help each other to gain eternal salvation by fulfilling the duties and obligations of the marital state.  \n4. What are the essential purposes of marriage?  \nThe primary purpose of marriage is the procreation and raising of children. The secondary purpose consists in the lawful satisfaction of the sexual desires of the married couple and in the help and assistance they give to each other in their life together.  \n5. Must the matrimonial contract be free and voluntary?  \nYes. The consent to marry must not only be expressed externally, but must also come from the heart. Men and women must enter marriage freely. A person forced into marriage by serious fear or threats, contracts an invalid marriage.  \n6. What premarital agreements render the marriage contract invalid?  \nA premarital agreement to exclude permanently the right of having children, or to limit the marriage right itself exclusively to sterile periods, or to sever the marital bond if the marriage does not prove successful, renders the marriage contract invalid. The first two agreements are contrary to the prime purpose of marriage and the third is against the permanency of marriage. In any of these cases, a true marriage would not be contracted. The vow of perpetual virginity, mutually agreed upon for a supernatural motive, does not invalidate a matrimonial contract so long as the right to sexual intercourse is not excluded. Spouses may mutually agree not to use the right of marriage, but they may not agree to exclude the right.  \n7. Is the matrimonial contract permanent?  \nYes. The death of husband or wife automatically ends their marriage. Our Lord forbade remarriage during the lifetime of one's spouse when He said: \"What God has joined together let no man put asunder\" (Matthew 19: 9) . And it is only reasonable. Marriage must be a pe","cbCaib7FIz5mqOgi","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaib7FIz5mqOgi","pdf",1083980,18,"English","# I. THE MARRIAGE CONTRACT\n## What is marriage?\n## Who is the author of marriage?\n## Is marriage a holy and sacred institution?\n## What are the essential purposes of marriage?\n## Must the matrimonial contract be free and voluntary?\n## What premarital agreements render the marriage contract invalid?\n## Is the matrimonial contract permanent?\n## Is impotency an obstacle to a valid marriage?\n## Does sterility invalidate marriage?\n## Does the Catholic Church recognize all marriages?","[{\"question\":\"What is marriage, according to these instructions?\",\"answer\":\"Marriage is a lawful and permanent contract between one man and one woman who freely agree to give each other the exclusive lifelong right over their bodies for actions suited to the procreation of children.\"},{\"question\":\"Who is identified as the author of marriage?\",\"answer\":\"The author of marriage is God, who created male and female and ordained the intimate marital union described in Genesis and applied by Christ in Matthew.\"},{\"question\":\"What makes a premarital agreement invalidate the marriage contract?\",\"answer\":\"Agreements that permanently exclude children, limit marital rights to sterile periods, or sever the marital bond if the marriage is unsuccessful invalidate the marriage contract. A vow of perpetual virginity does not invalidate it if the right to sexual intercourse is not excluded.\"}]","INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE MARRIAGE - Marriage Contract - What is marriage? | PDF",1790529901,45]