Marriage in German Catechisms for Adults
The analysis of Evangelical and Catholic Catechism
Abstract
The article analyzes teaching on marriage in two contemporary German Catechisms: Evangelischer Erwachsener Katechismus (Evangelical Catechism for Adults) and in the translated into Polish Catholic Catechism for Adults (Katolicki katechizm dorosłych). After a general introduction, the contents of the former is discussed as focusing round such as topics as: civil marriage and church wedding, the essence of marriage, forms of marriage, marriage divorce, mixed marriages. The discussed topics of the latter are: marriage as the Sacrament, essential qualities of marriages, and mixed marriages. The article ends with a short summary.
Keywords:
civil marriage, church wedding, forms of marriage, qualities of marriage, marriage divorce, mixed marriages
Jaskóła, P. (2020). Marriage in German Catechisms for Adults: The analysis of Evangelical and Catholic Catechism. Family Forum, 9, 133–150. https://doi.org/10.25167/FF/998
