Choose a topic from Part 3 Suppl:
1. A betrothal is a promise of future marriage. It is nota marriage, but a pledge or promise of marriage.
2. It is possible for a betrothal to be contracted for achild who has at least some understanding of a contract, eventhough he be unable to make a contract of his own accord.{-The Church urges pastors and parents to use alleffort to avoid and prevent any sort of nuptial agreement orpromise before the parties are themselves old enough to marry.-}
3. A betrothal is a contract, but not an indissoluble one.It can be dissolved by the mutual consent of the parties it binds;or by the fact of one party's entering religion; or by oneparty's marrying another than the betrothed; and also in otherways. If the betrothal has been formally made as a religious rite,it should not be dissolved without appeal for the judgment of theChurch.
"The one thing necessary which Jesus spoke of to Martha and Mary consists in hearing the word of God and living by it."
R. Garrigou-Lagrange, OP
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"Whoever wants to stand alone without the support of a master and guide will be like the tree that stands alone in a field without a proprietor. No matter how much the tree bears, passers-by will pick the fruit before it ripens.
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St John of the Cross, OCD - Doctor of the Church
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"God has no need of men."
St Philip Neri
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