The Relation of the Juridical and Sacramental in Matrimony: According to Thomas Aquinas - Softcover

Aquinas's highly juridical treatment of marriage is not, as many have thought, a reduction of marriage's importance as a sacrament. Rather, the juridical aspects of marriage that he treats--the contract, the "marital debt", the justice that exists between the spouses--reveal important dimensions of the sacrament and its role as a path of holiness for the couple.