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Franco Miguel S.
Evangelista
Grade 11 – St. John
Written Report
Marriage and its Indissolubility
A Recall about Marriage
Marriage is a covenant of love between a man and a woman, with three fundamental
properties: Unity, indissolubility, and fecundity. Today we are going to discuss about marriage
being indissoluble.
What does indissolubility means?
Indissolubility means being unable to destroyed. Nothing will ever remove or destroy
it.
What is divorce?
Divorce is the legal dissolution of a marriage by a court in the eyes of the people only.
Why only in the eyes of the people? Divorce is illegal and invalid in the Catholic Church. Why?
It simply separates what God joined together.
Matthew 19:9 “The man who divorces his wife and marries another is guilty of adultery.”
Marriage is indissoluble. It is permanent like baptism. Once we are baptized in the

Catholic Church, we are forever a Catholic even if we change religion. Same goes with
Marriage. Once we are married to our spouse, we are forever married to that person even if we
separate or divorce. Remember that marriage is like tying ourselves to another person. We can
no longer officially declare that we are single but forever taken to that person. This means that
even after getting a divorce, if we have another affair, it will still be considered as adultery in the
eyes of our God.
The church cannot invalidate a valid marriage but can declare that marriage is invalid
from the beginning.
The Catholic Church cannot make a valid marriage invalid but can declare that the
marriage was really the girl had amnesia. The boy poisoned the mind of the girl in the first place
by putting lies inside her head like loving him. That is when the church can declare that marriage
is invalid in the first place. The other grounds shall be discussed later by my groupmates.
Death
A valid marriage can only be dissolved by death of one of the two spouses. Remember
that it is said in the wedding vow, “Till death do us part.” Our marriage is dissolved if our spouse
died which means that we can re-marry or have another relationship. It is up to our choice if we
remain single or not. Either way, nothing will be against by the rule of God.
Separation
Separation is allowed when there are serious problems that need to be fixed. Once the
problem is solved, the spouses must reconcile again. Let us not jump into conclusions right away
after having such serious problems. Let us not be fragile by the hurdles given to us by God. If
there are grave problems, then have space. Separate for a while. Do not completely separate or
divorce. Fix the problem and ask God for help. These are just challenges in our relationship that
we must pass and not give into it.
Single vs. Live-in or Civil Marriage
Those who divorce or separate from their spouse must remain single. Having another
relationship with another person or being married in the government means adultery. I will just
make it clear that the Catholic Church will never allow a couple to get married if one of them
was already married in the first place. That is why most people who were separated either does
live-in or civil marriage with another person. Yes it is ok to divorce or separate with our spouse
but we must remain single. The question is, can we really live a life being single? The fact is
most people who separate from their spouses will have another partner because they can’t handle
themselves being alone, and so do us. Why don’t we just help each other for our relationship to
grow and not get shattered? Let us pray to God, the center of our relationship, to make our
relationship stronger.
CCC 1644: “So they are no longer two, but one flesh.”
This proves that divorce is useless and that marriage is really indissoluble. Once we
are married, we will remain married to the person for the rest of our lives. Even if we undergo
divorce, we are still living in one flesh with our spouse. It is also said here that everyday a
married couple must help each other, together with God, make their relationship grow. Divorce
contradicts to this because people who do divorce only have minor problems. Yung iba nga ang
rason lang nila ay nagkasawaan na sila. Ganyan ang nangyayari sa America. Papalit-palit lang ng
asawa kasi mababaw ang dahilan nila para makipaghiwalay. Even without reason, they can still
divorce. That is how crucial divorce is to the Catholic Church. Imagine in the USA, some
already has 9 spouses, the 8 were divorced, but still they are living in one flesh with the first
person they married making it having 8 illegal affairs already.
CCC 1664: “Divorce separates what God has joined together.”
“Malaking sampal sa Diyos ang divorce.” Imagine being married in front of the altar,
in front of God with him being the center of our relationship, but we will just divorce! We are
actually not only separating from our partner but we are also separating from God. Once we have
a new partner, we are not only committing adultery to our partner but also to God Himself. We
are cheating to God! We are hurting his feelings! I can’t actually imagine how sinful divorce is.
This is the reason why the CBCP does not agree to legalize divorce in the Philippines. If it does
happen, then a lot of people in the country will be sinful and numbers of relationships can be
easily ruined.”

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Franco Miguel S.

Grade 11 – St. John

Marriage and its Indissolubility

A Recall about Marriage

What does indissolubility means?

Marriage is indissoluble. It is permanent like baptism. Once we are baptized in the

Single vs. Live-in or Civil Marriage

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