Chapter 13.—In the Marriage of Mary and Joseph There Were All the Blessings of the Wedded State; All that is Born of Concubinage is Sinful Flesh.
The entire good, therefore, of the nuptial institution was effected in the case of these parents of Christ: there was offspring, there was faithfulness, there was the bond.53 Sacramentum. As offspring, we recognise the Lord Jesus Himself; the fidelity, in that there was no adultery; the bond,54 Sacramentum. because there was no divorce.
13. Omne itaque nuptiarum bonum impletum est in illis parentibus Christi, proles, fides, sacramentum. Prolem cognoscimus ipsum Dominum Jesum: fidem, quia nullum adulterium: sacramentum quia nullum divortium.