Official Documents
Reproduced with Permission
Introduction
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Section 1: The Church at the Service of the Family
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Section 2: The Synod of 1980 in Continuity with Preceding Synods
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Section 3: The Precious Value of Marriage and of the Family
Part 1. Bright Spots and Shadows for the Family Today
Part 2. The Plan of God for Marriage and the Family
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Section 11: Man, the Image of the God Who Is Love
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Section 12: Marriage and Communion Between God and People
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Section 13: Jesus Christ, Bridegroom of the Church, and the Sacrament of Matrimony
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Section 14: Children, the Precious Gift of Marriage
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Section 15: The Family, a Communion of Persons
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Section 16: Marriage and Virginity or Celibacy
Part 3. The Role of the Christian Family
(I. Forming a Community of Persons)
(II. Serving Life)
A. The Transmission of Life
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Section 28: Cooperators in the love of God the Creator
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Section 29: The Church's teaching and norm, always old yet always new
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Section 30: The Church stands for life
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Section 31: That God's design may be ever more completely fulfilled
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Section 32: In an integral vision of the human person and of his or her vocation
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Section 33: The Church as teacher and mother for couples in difficulty
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Section 34: The moral progress of married people
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Section 35: Instilling conviction and offering practical help
B. Education
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Section 36: The right and duty of parents regarding education
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Section 37: Educating in the essential values of human life
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Section 38: The mission to educate and the Sacrament of Marriage
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Section 39: First experience of the Church
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Section 40: Relations with other educating agents
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Section 41: Manifold service to life
(III. Participating in the Development of Society)
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Section 42: The Family as the first and vital cell of society
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Section 43: Family life as an experience of communion and sharing
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Section 44: The social and political role
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Section 45: Society at the service of the family
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Section 46: The charter of family rights
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Section 47: The Christian family's grace and responsibility
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Section 48: For a new international order
(IV. Sharing in the Life and Mission of the Church)
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Section 49: The family within the mystery of the Church
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Section 50: A specific and original ecclesial role
A. A Christian family as a believing and evangelizing community
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Section 51: Faith as the discovery and admiring awareness of God's plan for the family
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Section 52: The Christian family's ministry of evangelization
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Section 53: Ecclesial service
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Section 54: To preach the Gospel to the whole creation
B. The Christian family as a community in dialogue with God
C. The Christian family as a community at the service of man
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Section 63: The new commandment of love
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Section 64: To discover the image of God in each brother and sister
Part 4. Pastoral Care of the Family
(I. Stages of Pastoral Care of the Family)
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Section 65: The Church accompanies the Christian family on its journey through life
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Section 66: Preparation for marriage
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Section 67: The celebration
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Section 68: Celebration of marriage and evangelization of non-believing baptized persons
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Section 69: Pastoral care after marriage
(II. Structures of Family Pastoral Care)
(III. Agents of the Pastoral Care of the Family)
(IV. Pastoral Care of the Family in Difficult Cases)
Conclusion
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