Title — 1917 Code of Canon Law

Title VII: Of Marriage

Superseded as law in 1983 — read why this Code still matters. Each canon links to its 1983 counterpart.

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Can. 1012.

§ 1. Christ the Lord raised the matrimonial contract itself among the baptized to the dignity of a sacrament.

§ 2. Therefore among the baptized a valid matrimonial contract cannot stand without being by that very fact a sacrament.

1983 Code correlation: can. 1055

Cited by 14 passages

Can. 1013.

§ 1. The primary end of marriage is the procreation and education of offspring; the secondary end is mutual help and a remedy of concupiscence.

§ 2. The essential properties of marriage are unity and indissolubility, which in Christian marriage obtain a peculiar firmness by reason of the sacrament.

1983 Code correlation: can. 1056

Cited by 19 passages

Can. 1014.

Marriage enjoys the favor of law; wherefore in doubt one must stand for the validity of marriage until the contrary is proved, with the prescription of can. 1127 preserved.

1983 Code correlation: can. 1060

Cited by 20 passages

Can. 1015.

§ 1. A valid marriage of the baptized is called ratified if it has not yet been completed by consummation; ratified and consummated, if between the spouses there has taken place the conjugal act to which by its nature the matrimonial contract is ordered and by which the spouses become one flesh.

§ 2. Once marriage has been celebrated, if the spouses have cohabited together, consummation is presumed until the contrary is proved.

§ 3. A marriage validly celebrated between non-baptized persons is called legitimate.

§ 4. An invalid marriage is called putative if it was celebrated in good faith by at least one party, until each party becomes certain of its nullity.

1983 Code correlation: can. 1061

Cited by 24 passages

Can. 1016.

The marriage of baptized persons is governed not only by divine law, but also by canon law, with the competence of the civil power concerning the merely civil effects of the same marriage preserved.

1983 Code correlation: can. 1059

Cited by 14 passages

Can. 1017.

§ 1. A promise of marriage, whether unilateral or bilateral, that is, betrothal, is invalid for both forums unless it has been made through a writing signed by the parties and either by the pastor or local Ordinary, or by at least two witnesses.

§ 2. If both parties or either party does not know how or is unable to write, for validity this is to be noted in the writing itself and another witness is to be added, who with the pastor or local Ordinary or the two witnesses of whom in Sec. 1 signs the writing.

§ 3. But from a promise of marriage, although it is valid and no just cause excuses from fulfilling it, no action is given for seeking the celebration of marriage; nevertheless one is given for reparation of damages, if any is owed.

1983 Code correlation: can. 1062

Cited by 37+ passages

Can. 1018.

The pastor is not to omit prudently instructing the people concerning the sacrament of marriage and its impediments.

1983 Code correlation: can. 1063

Cited by 6 passages

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