A nulidade do casamento na Igreja Católica: sexualidade e experiência das emoções morais

Abstract

The experience of the practicing Catholic couple, usually, is constituted in the Church, a place where foundations and doctrines are disseminated. It is considered indispensable to observe the Catholic Christian doctrine as a promoter of the construction of conjugality. However, the role of women and men has undergone numerous transformations, causing the reconfiguration of couples, including the Catholic Christian. Theoretically, we briefly covered the conceptual nuances of the psychosocial representation of the sexuality and the family, marking the 18th, 19th, 20th centuries and today. In addition, we seek to ascertain sexual freedom in the religious “transit” in which the interfaces of Canon Law operate through its premises about the capacity and the incapacity for the individual to assume the marriage. The general objective of this dissertation was to analyze the realities linked to the sexuality, under the question of whether the experience of moral emotions of guilt, shame, disgust and aversion influenced the Catholic marriage annulment request. In this perspective, it is an exploratory qualitative research and, therefore, there is no construction of hypotheses. This project indicates the importance of individuals who intend to marry in the Roman Catholic Apostolic Church, whether they practice religion or not, to deepen their knowledge of marital debt as described in Civil and Canon Law. Furthermore, it was noted that the Church presents documents on matrimonial responsibility and even on aspects related to sexuality and the body. However, some of the faithful who adhere to Catholic marriage are unaware of the canonical nature of the facts inherent in the rights and duties pertaining to it, in view of the absence of a consistent framework of formation that encompasses matters about the sexuality of the couple according to the union they propose. In this way, it is essential to expand the field of research of the mentioned theme in order to collaborate with reflections and possible interventions in the scientific and religious scope.