502. What are the offenses against the dignity of marriage? (part 1)
(Comp 502) These are: adultery, divorce, polygamy, incest, free unions
(cohabitation, concubinage), and sexual acts before or outside of marriage.
“In brief”
(CCC 2400) Adultery, divorce, polygamy, and free union are
grave offenses against the dignity of marriage.
To deepen and
explain
(CCC 2380) Adultery
refers to marital infidelity. When two partners, of whom at least one is
married to another party, have sexual relations - even transient ones - they
commit adultery. Christ condemns even adultery of mere desire (Cf. Mt 5:27-28).
The sixth commandment and the New Testament forbid adultery absolutely (Cf. Mt 5:32; 19:6; Mk 10:11; 1 Cor 6:9-10).
The prophets denounce the gravity of adultery; they see it as an image of the
sin of idolatry (Cf. Hos 2:7; Jer
5:7; 13:27). (CCC 2381) Adultery is an
injustice. He who commits adultery fails in his commitment. He does injury to
the sign of the covenant which the marriage bond is, transgresses the rights of
the other spouse, and undermines the institution of marriage by breaking the
contract on which it is based. He compromises the good of human generation and
the welfare of children who need their parents' stable union.
Reflection
(CCC 2382) The Lord Jesus insisted on the original intention
of the Creator who willed that marriage be indissoluble (Cf. Mt 5:31-32;
19:3-9; Mk 10 9; Lk 16:18; 1 Cor 7:10-11). He abrogates the accommodations that
had slipped into the old Law (Cf. Mt 19:7-9).
Between the baptized, "a ratified and consummated marriage cannot be
dissolved by any human power or for any reason other than death" (CIC,
can. 1141). [IT CONTINUES]
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