Familiaris Consortio - Introduction

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Introduction
A. The document is addressed to families.   
 1.     Who know what marriage is.
 2.     Who are searching for the truth.
 3.     Who are not free to live as families.
B. The occasion for issuing this document is the 1980 synod of bishops, which considered the family.
C. The family exists to announce the Gospel.
D. The family also exists to discern vocations.
E. The Church has a profound interest in the family.
 1. Proof of this interest is the 1980 synod of bishops.
 2. The bishops, gathered in synod, made some propositions and asked the Pope "to be a spokesman before humanity" on the Church's interest in family life.
F. The family was willed by God in His creative act.
G. But family life is interiorly ordained to fulfillment in Christ.
H. The family can realize itself only by accepting Christ.
I. Further, it is only in accepting Christ that the family can be restored to the full realization of God's plan.
 1. Men and women cannot live family life as God planned because of original sin.
 2. Only the grace of Christ restores the family to what it should be.