Nedostatak vjere i ženidbena privola
The Absence of Faith and Marriage Consent

Summary/Abstract: This article deals with difficulties related to the validity of celebrations of the sacrament of marriage. By virtue of the traditional doctrine on the inseparability of marital contract and marital sacrament, our aim is to explain the importance of faith and proper intentions and to show the different approaches related to the question of which type of intentions are necessary if a marriage is to be celebrated in a valid way. Through various Church documents, we seek to provide an overview of the difficulties related to the relationship between faith, proper intention and valid celebration of the sacrament of marriage. The documents of the international Theological Commission and the Synods of Bishops from 1980, together with John Paul II’s exhortation Familiaris consortion are analyzed. We also describe the tendency of the Roman Rota’s juridical practice on the exclusion of sacramentality as an autonomous element in the annulment of a marriage. Language that defines the exclusion of sacramentality on the basis of lack of faith on the part of spouses as an autonomous element in the annulment is highlighted. The article also deals with Relatio Synodi n. 48, which directly emphasizes the importance of faith for the valid celebration of the sacrament of marriage. The final part of this article focuses on Pope Benedict XVI’s and Pope Francis’s addresses to the members of the tribunal of the Roman Rota from 2013 to 2017, dealing specifically with the faith and consent of spouses.

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