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1. Do research on the indissolubility of sacramental marriage.

Explain why
sacramental marriage is indissoluble.

Jesus taught that marriage is indissoluble: “Therefore, what God has joined
together, no human being must separate” (Matthew 19:6). Through the
sacrament of Matrimony, the Church teaches that Jesus gives the strength and
grace to live the real meaning of marriage. In the writings of St Paul: “Husbands,
love your wives, even as Christ loved the church and handed himself over for her
to sanctify her” (Ephesians 5:25–26).

Marriage is distinct from the majority of the Sacraments given by a priest or


bishop. When a man and a woman declare their desire to marry before God and
the Church, they confer the Sacrament of Marriage on each other. The Church,
as a witness to the marriage, has a stake in the marriage sacrament. Marriages
that are willingly entered make a difference in the community of believers and in
society.

2. Differentiate annulment, legal separation, and divorce.

Annulment Legal Separation Divorce

An annulment is a legal In a legal separation, A divorce is a legal


determination that a spouses may formalize a decree that terminates a
marriage has always de facto separation while marriage before either
been invalid and is remaining legally spouse dies. After a
therefore ended. Similar married. This divorce is finalized, the
to divorce, an annulment determination is parties are not legally
allows the parties to delivered in the form of a bound to each other and
remarry or enter in a court order. Since it does are free to remarry or
domestic partnership not end the marriage, enter into a domestic
with another person. parties are unable to partnership with another
remarry or enter into a person.
domestic partnership
with another person.

Sources:
https://www.rechlaw.com/blog/2019/april/the-difference-between-divorce-annulment-and
-leg/
https://www.accord.ie/resources/articles/a-sacramental-marriage#:~:text=Jesus%20taug
ht%20that%20marriage%20is,the%20real%20meaning%20of%20marriage.

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