JPI 634/826
Sacramentality of Marriage
This course offers a systematic discussion of the sacrament of matrimony, addressing both the concept of sacramentality generally and its relationship to marriage in particular. The course consists of three parts. The first part of the course examines the main elements needed for an elaboration of nuptial sacramental theology. In the second part, the history of the doctrine of marriage's sacramentality is examined, with attention to the main criteria elucidated in the first part and to the development of the doctrine on sacramentality. This middle part examines readings taken from Tertullian, Augustine, Aquinas, Bonaventure, the Protestant Reformation, the Council of Trent, Vatican II and the writings of Leo XIII, Pius XI, and John Paul II. The last part of the course proposes a theology of the sacrament of marriage in light of the theology of gift presented in the Second Vatican Council and developed by John Paul II.
