MARRIAGE AND FAMILY

Fundamental Christian Christian Understanding of

Dimension of the Family Marriage

Education on Human Love

Pastoral Response of the Church to
Issues Affecting the Family
MARRIAGE AND FAMILY

FUNDAMENTAL CHRISTIAN
DIMENSION OF THE FAMILY
 CHRISTIAN DIMENSION OF THE FAMILY

THE HUMAN PERSON needs a FAMILY:

1. THE HUMAN PERSON IS FINITE

• The human person is IMPERFECT
• The human person is VULNERABLE
• The human person is NOT SELF-SUFFICIENT

We can hardly provide ALL that we

need on the sole account of our own
strength
 CHRISTIAN DIMENSION OF THE FAMILY

THE HUMAN PERSON needs a FAMILY:

2. THE HUMAN PERSON IS GOOD & IS CAPABLE
OF RECEIVING GRACE (CAPAX DEI)
• All creatures were created GOOD
• We are capable of DOING GOOD
• We are given FREEDOM and the capacities to cope
with our circumstances

Though we sin and are prone to sin, we are NOT defined

by our weakness and sin. Instead, our nature rests on
our GOODNESS being creatures and children of God.
 CHRISTIAN DIMENSION OF THE FAMILY

THE HUMAN PERSON needs a FAMILY:

3. The human person is CAPABLE of LIVING /
COMMUNING WITH others
• Communion with others is our way of coping with
whatever it is that we lack.
• The family is our first attempt to bond / commune
with others

We protect the FAMILY as a way of

protecting the future of our species.