DOCTRINE AND LAW ON INDISSOLUBILITY OF MARRIAGE

Abstract

Doctrine and Law on indissolubility of marriage expounded the Church’s teaching that marital consent creates a perpetual bond between the parties which cannot be broken by any human power except death. It equally stated the resultant Church law which makes the doctrine binding on Christians who entered marriage. It found that notwithstanding the elaborate doctrine and law on the indissolubility of marriage, cases abound which revealed the non-observance of the doctrine and law and quite often the Church herself declare the nonexistent of the bond in many difficult. marriage situations. The paper tacked the aching question of how best to safeguard the observance of the doctrine and law on indissolubility of marriage. It drew attention to adequate marriage preparation, assertion of the legitimate power of the Church over Christian marriages, proper training of staff to avoid declaring marriage otherwise valid as invalid and grant of separation in place of outright declaration of nullity in most difficult marriage cases.