Moral Theology - Marriage Life

elementary

enter learning outcome code/codes

level of course:

Intermediate

objectives of the course:

The aim of the course is further education in the field of special moral theology. Having gained general knowledge, the students are to deepen their knowledge concerning moral issues related to marriage and family. They are to learn how to properly judge moral attitudes concerning the most intimate sphere of life that is sexuality. They are to learn how to show proper relations that should exist in purity, as well as bringing up in purity and preparation to marital life and preparation to mature sacramental marriage and to establishing a Christian family and bringing up children in accordance with the rules of Christian morality.

prerequisites:

Knowledge of the basics of philosophy and ethics, knowledge of general (fundamental) moral thology and special moral theology concerning virtues and sacraments, especially the virtue of chastity and the sacrament of marriage.

course contents:

Particular issues:

1.Carnality and sexuality of a human. Introduction.

2.Opinions concerning the importance of sex and the dignity of a human body. Historical approach and current state.

3.Church’s standing nowadays and in the past.

4.Sources of dignity of a human body.

5.Sense of human sexuality.

6.Pleasure vs. purpose of human sexuality.

7.Erotic love - analysis. Sexual desire.

8.Shame and modesty.

9.Marriage vs. celibacy.

10.Body language vs. sign reality.

11.Eros and Agape as understood by “Deus Caritas est”.

12.Ethics of sexuality. Criteria of evaluation.

13.Permissive thinkning and ways of life.

14.Sources of Christian sexuality ethics and their main premises.

15.Erotic culture.

16.Chastity.

17.Moral transgressions and sexual pathology.

18.Sexual upbringing.

19.Status of marriage and its source.

20.Deontology of marriage and family.

21.Biblical basics of marital and family ethics.

22.Sacrament of marriage and its normative implications.

23.Marital life as a vocation.

24.Social character of the sacrament of marriage.

25.Virtue of love as an ethical norm of marital life.

26.Christian rights of marital sexual life.

27.Responsible parenthood and its tasks. The problem of having children.

28.Offences against conception.

29.Offences against conceived life.

30.Artificial insemination.

assessment methods:

Oral exam

Nagórny Janusz (redaktor), Pokrywka Marian (redaktor), Płciowość ludzka w kontekście miłości, KUL, Lublin 2005.

Olejnik Stanisław, Teologia moralna, t. 7, Akademia Teologii Katolickiej, Warszawa 1993.

Papieska Rada ds. Rodziny, Ludzka Płciowość: Prawda i znaczenie, Łomianki 1996.

Sarmiento Augusto, Małżeństwo chrześcijańskie, Podręcznik teologii małżeństwa i rodziny, Wydawnictwo M, Kraków 2008.

Zadykowicz Tadeusz (redaktor), Jeżyna Krzysztof (redaktor), Miłość, wierność i uczciwość małżeńska. Przesłanie moralne Kościoła, KUL, Lublin 2006.