Oral Examination 2010

Sacramentology IV Marriage

Please Choose One Question to answer from the following (30 Marks).

1. Explain what the following Councils said about Marriage: The Council of Verona (2), The Council of Trent (8), and The Second Vatican Council (20).

2. Explain briefly: Eph 5:32, Tametsi, and the Pauline Privilege (3 marks each). Discuss marital covenant and marital contract (7). Describe the role of faith in the sacrament of marriage (4). As a pastor, why would you encourage those baptised, who are engaged to get married, but are not practicing Catholics and may have little or no ‘faith,’ to marry sacramentally? (10)

3. Explain why some theologians propose that the Church should separate the marital contract from the marital sacrament (4). Give some reasons against having civil divorce (8). Give reasons why the Catholic Church staunchly defends the indissolubility of marriage and prohibits divorce and remarriage, except in exceptional circumstances (7). As a pastor, what should your attitude be those who are living together with difficulty in a dead marriage and what options can you present to them? (9)

4. What did Jesus say about marriage? (6) What prophetic words of Jesus give us the origin of the Sacrament of Marriage? (3) Explain philia love and agapaic love (11). As a pastor, what should your attitude be to those who are cohabitating, those who are living in a polygamous situation, those who have divorced and have civilly remarried? (10)


Please Answer One of the Following Questions Chosen by the Lecturer (20 Marks).

5. What contributions were made by the following to our thinking on marriage: The Book of Genesis (2), The Prophet Hosea (2), The Gospel of Luke (2), Paul of Tarsus (9), Augustine of Hippo (4), Pope Nicholas I (1),

6. Why did the Church have reservations about declaring marriage a sacrament? (6) Give the reasons why the Church eventually accepted marriage as a sacrament? (6) Explain briefly the following: banns of marriage (2), canonical form of marriage (2) and marriage as a domestic Church (4).

7. Present some essential elements of a marriage preparation course (12). Describe some essential positive values in Catholic marriage (8).

8. Why is Christian marriage a sacrament? (2) Describe some essential positive values in Catholic marriage. (8) Describe some ways in which a couple experience the grace and invitation of sacramental marriage (10).