The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-02

He said:
The subject, discussed for the past
three Sundays, is old, but always new
Marriage is old, having its origin in
Paradise Man shall leave father and
mother, and shall cleave to his wife,
and they shall be two in one flesh"
Gen. il "a The subject is always new.
because it is Interesting; and under the
many phases in which it may be
treated, there is a certain novelty. 1
have shown that Christian marriage,
according to the teaching of the
Catholic church, is holy one, and in
dissoluble; that it is the doorway to
the family which is the foundation of
society. Hence its Importance, and
might add its necessity, not only in
advancing, but in perpetuating the
success of this great republic. The
history of the most cultured heather
nations, who disregarded the sanctity.
oneness and indissolubility of marri-
age, and to which L referred on the
last occasion, should be an object les
son to all who love their country.
AS nation viii respect, or disregard
the sanctity of Christian marriage, so
viii its citizens rise or fall in the scale
of morality. Christian marriage and
Christian morality, are twin sisters,
and disregard for either will initiate
against the other. Its oneness is of
equal import because it prescribes the
original ideal marriage established in
Paradise. Hence the Savior when
arguing with the Pharisees regarding
that portion of the Mosaic law, which
permitted a bill of divorce to be writ
ten. and for a man to put away his
wife, said that the permission was
granted because of the hardness of
their hearts. But from the beginning
Of the creation God made them male
and female Mark X, 6, i. e., one Adam
for one Eve.
Its indissolubility has the same re-
1igiOus sanction Viewing marriage
under the law Of nature. as a mere
contract, it always possessed a re-
ligious character. and this law is in
tentionally indiSsoluble; because it is
the union of two hearts, which mutu-
ally pledge to love each other till death.
The offspring of this union are to be
carefully watched, guarded and edu-
Gated, till they reach maturity, 10y the
parents, who IN turn are to be sup
ported IN their old age by their CRATE
1Ul children. Thus the unity of the
damily is preserved intact. The Chris
tlan law. as explained on last Sunday.
makes no exception of a separation
with the privilege to remarry. Hence
st. Paufs admonftion that the wife
depart not from her husband And if
she depart she remain unmarried, or
be reconciled to her husband, and let
not the husband put away his Wife
I Cor. vii, 10-11
To secure, as far as possible, happy
marriages the church surrounds If
with certain impediments which serve
IS "a safeguard and protection to the
family; since the family commences
with marriage. continues with the
education of the children, and finishes
with assistance to old age
The laws by which she protects and
fortides this divine institution are two
fold. They are annulling, and prohibit
tory impediments. The former render
marriage null and void from the be-
ginning. The latter do not affect the
validity of the marriage, but when
they do exist, to enter marriage with
the knowledge of their existence would
De sinful Over some of the annulling
1mpedimentS no human power nor
church nor state can exercise control
so as TO render marriage valid. The
Smpediments which come under the
natural law or rest on divine ordf-
nance are beyond the jurisdiction of
church and state. l will name a few
of these inpediments which annul
marriage contract Deceit as TO the
identity of the person to be married
or mistaken identity; absence of a
true, sincere and earnest intention or
consent to marry render a marriage
contract null Force, violence or ex-
cessive fear which deprive a. person
OF the liberty, and calm reflection
needed for a free and full consent. also
rape or forcible abduction nullifv
marriages, as does also physical i'm
potency Previous valid marriage, the
bond not broken by death, invalidates
all subsequent marriages.
There are annulling impediments in
sututed by the church and over which
she exercises jurisdiction The mar
siage Of a Catholic with an unbanfized
person without an ecclesiastical dis
penSation would be invalid.
To remove from married people all
dangers of criminal relations the
church established an impedirnen+
called crime, which consists in 2 mar
Tie1 mans criminal relation with a
woman whom he promises to marry
after the death of his wife. A man
who would murder his wife could NOT
marry the woman who was his ac-
complete in the act
Public honesty, or morality, is an
impeachment existing between DerSonS
engaged TO be married and blood re-.
1anons in the first degree to the per
sons engaged. Thus IL two persons
engaged to be married should BY mn
tuaI consent break the engaeement
the man could not marry the mother
daughter or sister Of the woman ia
whom he was engaged. The object of
this impeachment is to guard against
temptations, to which the engaged par
ties might be exposed because of their
social relations with the respective
familieS. The impediment Of relation
ship. being four-foid. is the most far
reaching in its application. There is
ship. and affinity which arises from
marriage. Through the sacramentg of
baptism and confirmation a spiritual
relationship is contracted between the
child baptized, or confirmed. it's par
ents and the godfather and godmother.
This relationship is one of the annul-
ling impeachment to marriage.
Adoption. which gives rise to legal
relationship, is another annulling i'm
Dedinent 1t extends to those who
adopt and the person adopted. as well
rs the children OF the adopted: nor
could the adopted marry the children
OF those who adopt, nor the widow of
the Adopted: neither could the adopter
marry the widow of the adopted.
The impedfment arising from con-
sanguinity extends to the fourth degree
Of Kindred or in our own reckoning
Catholic church has been opposed to
the intermarriag Of relatives in or
der 10 extend the relationship of the
FAMILY and DESTROY SpfffshnpgS. also