Holy Matrimony
PART TWO
THE CELEBRATION OF THE CHRISTIAN MYSTERYSECTION TWO
THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCHCHAPTER THREE
THE SACRAMENTS AT THE SERVICE OF COMMUNIONARTICLE 7
THE SACRAMENT OF MATRIMONY1601 "The matrimonial covenant, by which a man and a woman establish between themselves a partnership of the whole of life, is by its nature ordered toward the good of the spouses and the procreation and education of offspring; this covenant between baptized persons has been raised by Christ the Lord to the dignity of a sacrament."84
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