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Chapter III. On the Effects of the Sacrament of Matrimony

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The effects of the sacrament of matrimony are:

I. Sanctifying grace, of itself second grace or an increase of grace, accidentally more probably first grace (n. 6). There is attached an increase of the virtues and of the gifts of the Holy Spirit.

II. Sacramental grace; namely, the grace which the sacrament of matrimony confers is unitive of souls and restraining of concupiscence, having annexed to it a claim to actual graces for the duties of matrimony to be duly fulfilled, notably for raising and educating offspring in honor of God.

The Effects of the Sacrament of Matrimony