Inseparability between a Contract and a Sacrament in the Baptized Marriage

Abstract

The crisis of the faith of most of baptized and the secularist movements cause that the centuries-old tradition of the Church of the principle of inseparability between a contract and the sacrament is challenged again and is the subject of criticism, including the canonists. The study assumes the validity of the essential thesis of the inseparability. However, some issues relevant to this thesis (the right intention, the need for faith) are not so obvious, because they are raising many questions and doubts. The purpose of this presentation will not only provide the essential elements of the principle of the inseparability of the contract and the sacrament, but also to extract some inconsistency of this principle with the sacramentology and ecclesiology based on the teaching of the Second  Vatican Council and its incohesion with the survival of the faith of the modern Christians. The pastoral demands will also be formulated.