Abstract: A theological study of conjugal love in Humanae Vitae nn.8-12

 NAME: MUOGBO MICHAEL (SSPP/THEO/18/0734)

TOPIC: A THEOLOGICAL STUDY OF CONJUGAL LOVE IN HUMANAE VITAE nn, 8-12

 

MODERATOR: FR DANIEL KOUMAH

 

ABSTRACT

The discourse on the characteristic nature of marriage springs from the fact that the sacrament of holy matrimony is hinged on the union that exist between Christ and his bride, the Church. For the baptized persons, Marriage invests the dignity of a sacramental sign of grace, in as much as it represents the union of Christ and of the church. Marriage by its essence is not an effect of chance, neither is it a product of an evolving consciousness, it is rather an institution that realizes in mankind the design of love commissioned by the creator.

There had been attacks on conjugal morality since the promulgation and release of Humanae Vitae. This is not as a result of a lack of attention to the traditional teachings of the church on conjugal love but rather it results from the attempts to justify practices that are against the natural law, and contrary to what the church teaches and proposes.

This work is to aim at a theological study of conjugal love, highlighting the magisterial teachings, the doctrinal principles in Humanae Vitae, some arguments and practices against the church’s stand on conjugal love and, in a rather unique way, without compromise, reemphasizing the doctrinal principles of conjugal love which include cooperation with God in the contest of our modern world.