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 The SalvationHistory.com Library of Apologetics - Holy Matrimony
An excellent first stop for introductions to Catholic belief and practice. See also:
 - Eucharist and the Mass: Holy Matrimony and Family Life


 Sacrament of Marriage
From The Catholic Encyclopedia. See also:
- Moral and Canonical Aspect of Marriage
- History of Marriage
- Ritual of Marriage
- Putative Marriage
- Divorce (in Moral Theology) and Divorce (in Civil Jurisprudence)
- Mixed Marriage
- Civil Marriage
- Validation of Marriage
- Banns of Marriage
- Betrothal


 Church Fathers on the Sacrament of Holy Matrimony
A collection of texts that shows the early belief that Christ elevated marriage to a sacrament.


 A Basic Theology of Marriage
A fine treatment by Dr. Christopher West. See also his:
- John Paul II's Theology of the Body: Key to an Authentic Marital & Family Spirituality
- What the Church Really Teaches about Responsible Parenthood
- The Theology of the Body & The New Evangelization
- A Response to Luke Timothy Johnson's Critique of John Paul II's "Disembodied" Theology of the Body; for Johnson's critique, see here
- In-Vitro Fertilization and the Hermeneutic of the Gift


 John Paul II's Theology of the Body
An overview of one of the most important developments in the history of Christian understanding of marriage. By Mary Shivanandan.


 Mutual Submission and Trinitarian Self-Giving
John Grabowski's excellent consideration of Pope John Paul II's understanding of the relationship of husband and wife as characterized by "mutual subjection out of reverence for Christ."  See also Dr. Grabowski's:
- Humane Vitae: Thirty Years Later
- Evangelium Vitae and Humanae Vitae: A Tale of Two Encyclicals
- Made Not Begotten: A Ttheological Analysis of Human Cloning

 Marriage and the Complementarity of Male and Female
An excellent consideration by a top moral theologian, William May. Also by May, see:
- Marriage: A Person-Affirming, Love-Enabling, Life-Giving and Sanctifying Reality
- Marriage: A Common Endeavor
- Contraception, Gateway to the Culture of
- The Mission of Fatherhood
- Begetting vs. Making Babies


 Marriage as a Sacrament
A short reflection by Christopher Kaczor.


 Marriage Annulments and Married Personalism
A look at the controversial subject of annulments from the perspective of a judge in the Vatican's court.


 Marriage: The Crisis and the Cure
A sobering reflection on the state of the Sacrament today. By Laura Garcia.


 Christ in the Home
A fine meditation by Father Raoul Plus, S.J. on Catholic marriage and family life


 The Betrothal and Marriage of Mary to Joseph
An interesting reflection by Father Bernard Orchard, O.S.B., one of the founders of the World Catholic Federation for the Biblical Apostolate. For Fr. Orchard's summary and an interesting chronological chart, see here. A quote: "The unique point about their betrothal, and subsequent celibate marriage to the end of their days, was that it was in Almighty God's plan to reward their supreme virtue and faithful obedience to his Law with a Child beyond their human power to produce, and in truth beyond all their dreams, Christ the Savior, and thereby to make their marriage into the first sacramental union."
- Part 2


 St. Augustine's Thought on the Effects of Original Sin on Marriage
A good theological reflection by Father J. Brian Bransfield.