CCC 1627
Christian Mystery›SECTION TWO THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCH›CHAPTER THREE THE SACRAMENTS AT THE SERVICE OF COMMUNION›III. Matrimonial Consent
The consent consists in a "human act by which the partners mutually give themselves to each other": "I take you to be my wife" - "I take you to be my husband." This consent that binds the spouses to each other finds its fulfillment in the two "becoming one flesh."
Footnotes
- GS 48 # 1; OCM 45; cf. ⇒ CIC, can. 1057 # 2.
- ⇒ Gen 2:24; cf. ⇒ Mt 10:8; ⇒ Eph 5:31.
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