Marriage and Sexuality
3.2.2. Salvific
3.2.2.1. Antecedents (the history of the concept)
a.)Augustine: believed in the literal truth of Gen. 1-3
i. Original justice
· everything went according to the reason/will of God
· No uncontrollable passions
· Sex = for procreation use only
ii. Original sin/first sin
· An act of rebellion against God
· Produced an analogous rebellion in man himself
- Lower passions vs. reason
- No control over lower faculties
· A state of rebellion: concupiscence
iii. Procreation – the only reason for sex
· Marriage can’t be salvific except in a very restricted sense – for procreation use only not for fun
b.)Vatican II (Gaudium et Spes 48 –51)
i. Radical move away from Augustine
ii. Third meaning of S.I. : sacrament/expression of love
· Uniquely expressed and perfected in marriage
· Arises from love and leads to greater love
· Sexual compatibility is built through the years
iii. Enlarged the understanding of marriage from a mere exchange of rights (contract) to an intimate community of life and love – Consortium Totius Vitae (CTV)
· Contract – sign marriage contract; exchange of rights; consummation of marriage; isolated SI from the other elements of marriage (understanding, patience, love…)
iv. Sexual intercourse = rooted in dailly life of spouse; not a mere separate incident; expresses love
v. Marriage requires psychological maturity not only potency to consummate marriage.
c.) Social Sciences
i. Basic needs of man: to belong, to create, to nurture/be nurtured
· Fulfilled in a special way in marriage
· Ned to Belong: the greates fear of man is to be alone; a desire to communicate to other people
· Need to create: perpetuation of one’s memory through creation (books, painting, siring children)
· Ned to nurture/be nurtured: paternal/maternal instinct
3.2.2.2 How is Marriage said to be salvific
a.) Mackin: salvific = from death/lesser life (i.e. not meeting the basic needs of man)
b.) Through marriage as CTV that includes SI arising from love leading to greater love
c.) Spouses can become better/more mature persons through marriage
i. Human reality as symbol (appropriate and revelatory)
· FEAR (baka’s, paranoia, suspicions) – paralyzing: you’ll never get anywhwere
· A loving, supporting marriage can overcome fear – thus, salvific
d.) marriage is a good tsign to represent what God is doing in the supersensate level
e.) salvific and revelatory – not disconnected elements; it is revelatory because it is salvific
3.3. Role of Faith
3.2.2.1. Antecedents (the history of the concept)
a.)Augustine: believed in the literal truth of Gen. 1-3
i. Original justice
· everything went according to the reason/will of God
· No uncontrollable passions
· Sex = for procreation use only
ii. Original sin/first sin
· An act of rebellion against God
· Produced an analogous rebellion in man himself
- Lower passions vs. reason
- No control over lower faculties
· A state of rebellion: concupiscence
iii. Procreation – the only reason for sex
· Marriage can’t be salvific except in a very restricted sense – for procreation use only not for fun
b.)Vatican II (Gaudium et Spes 48 –51)
i. Radical move away from Augustine
ii. Third meaning of S.I. : sacrament/expression of love
· Uniquely expressed and perfected in marriage
· Arises from love and leads to greater love
· Sexual compatibility is built through the years
iii. Enlarged the understanding of marriage from a mere exchange of rights (contract) to an intimate community of life and love – Consortium Totius Vitae (CTV)
· Contract – sign marriage contract; exchange of rights; consummation of marriage; isolated SI from the other elements of marriage (understanding, patience, love…)
iv. Sexual intercourse = rooted in dailly life of spouse; not a mere separate incident; expresses love
v. Marriage requires psychological maturity not only potency to consummate marriage.
c.) Social Sciences
i. Basic needs of man: to belong, to create, to nurture/be nurtured
· Fulfilled in a special way in marriage
· Ned to Belong: the greates fear of man is to be alone; a desire to communicate to other people
· Need to create: perpetuation of one’s memory through creation (books, painting, siring children)
· Ned to nurture/be nurtured: paternal/maternal instinct
3.2.2.2 How is Marriage said to be salvific
a.) Mackin: salvific = from death/lesser life (i.e. not meeting the basic needs of man)
b.) Through marriage as CTV that includes SI arising from love leading to greater love
c.) Spouses can become better/more mature persons through marriage
i. Human reality as symbol (appropriate and revelatory)
· FEAR (baka’s, paranoia, suspicions) – paralyzing: you’ll never get anywhwere
· A loving, supporting marriage can overcome fear – thus, salvific
d.) marriage is a good tsign to represent what God is doing in the supersensate level
e.) salvific and revelatory – not disconnected elements; it is revelatory because it is salvific
3.3. Role of Faith
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