338. For what ends has God instituted Matrimony?
(Comp
338) The marital union of man and woman, which is founded and endowed
with its own proper laws by the Creator, is by its very nature ordered to the
communion and good of the couple and to the generation and education of
children. According to the original divine plan this conjugal union is
indissoluble, as Jesus Christ affirmed: “What God has joined together, let no
man put asunder” (Mark 10:9).
“In brief”
(CCC 1659)
St. Paul said: "Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the Church....
This is a great mystery, and I mean in reference to Christ and the Church"
Eph 5:25, 32).
To deepen and explain
(CCC 355) "God created man in his own image, in the
image of God he created him, male and female he created them" (Gen 1:27).
Man occupies a unique place in creation: he is "in the image of God";
in his own nature he unites the spiritual and material worlds; he is created
"male and female"; God established him in his friendship.
Reflection
(CCC 1660) The marriage covenant,
by which a man and a woman form with each other an intimate communion of life
and love, has been founded and endowed with its own special laws by the
Creator. By its very nature it is ordered to the good of the couple, as well as
to the generation and education of children. Christ the Lord raised marriage
between the baptized to the dignity of a sacrament (cf. CIC, can. 1055 § 1; cf.
GS 48 § 1).
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