thesis statements

oh yes, i'll try to take the ORAL EXAMS for the second long test for theo. but i have to get at LEAST a grade of 2, lest i'll have to repeat th121. oh well. here are the thesis statements. sino may reviewers diyan? turuan niyo naman ako. :)

5. From the point of view of the structure of the sacrament, the marriage is a human reality [Gen 1-2] which constitutes the matter assumed and elevated into the economy of salvation by virtue of the baptism of the parties. This human reality is distinguished by personal and faithful love as well as fidelity in love – characteristics which eminently qualify it to be a sign of sacred realities.

6. The indissolubility of marriage, that is to say the fidelity of spouses to one another, is a value directed to the fundamental and ultimate value that is the human person. It was affirmed by Jesus to be the original intention of the creator [Mk 10, 1-9]. It is this characteristic which conspicuously endows marriage with the potential to be the language to image (sic) God’s unconditional fidelity to his people [Hos 1-3]. Paul understands this to be the task and responsibility of the Christian spouses so they can be a faithful witness to this same unconditional fidelity of God [Eph 5].

7. A proper understanding of the sacraments, and therefore of marriage, must include the following aspects: [a] sacraments are essentially acts of the Church towards the accomplishment of the mission entrusted to it by Christ; [b] they are signs revelatory of divine realities; [c] they are moments of grace, man’s way to fullness of life with God.

8. Gaudium et spes renews the understanding of marriage by collocating it under the paradigm of consortium totius vitae, thus broadening the restrictive model of contrast which sees marriage primarily as an exchange of rights. This renewed understanding makes it possible to see marriage as healing in which intimacy and sexual relation are a positive value (sic), and where they are collocated as belonging naturally and constitutively to the human matrix assumed and elevated into the economy of salvation.

9. Marital union is not only a contract but a covenant in grace and faith, a relationship freely chosen, founded on friendship, and actively nurtured through love and sacrifice. In its human aspects, marriage is a sign of God’s love and man’s engagement in God’s work in the world. The active faith of the couple is an essential prerequisite not only for the fruitfulness of the sacrament but also for its very validity.