TY  - BOOK
AU  - Paulinus Chibuike Nwaigwe
PY  - 2014
CY  - Berlin, Germany
PB  - Peter Lang Verlag
SN  - 2196-0615
SN  - 9783653035735
TI  - Canonical Marriage Preparation in the Igbo Tradition in the Light of Canon 1063 of the 1983 Code of Canon Law
T2  - Canonical Norms and Inculturation
DO  - 10.3726/978-3-653-03573-5
UR  - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1048114
N2  - The Igboman who embraces Christianity wants to remain a Christian without rejecting his Igbo identity and culture. In view of this, there is an urgent need to foster and promote marriage preparation in Igboland as a way of rediscovering the Christian and traditional values of marriage as an institution. This aims at providing the ambience and opportunity for prospective couples to establish successful marriages and their stability in Igboland. In this regard, as an implementation to its renewed meaning and understanding of marriage, the Church recognizes the necessity for effective and adequate marriage preparation and pastoral care of marriage. The study attempts to give the influence of theological and canonical enrichments in the meaning and understanding of the matrimonial sacrament upon the legal provisions, guidelines and programs for marriage preparation in the Igbo dioceses of Nigeria.
KW  - Scripture, Igbo Identity, marriage prepartion, Dogmatic, matrimonial sacrament
LA  - English
ER  -