Christian Anthropology: The Human Person in Catholic Thought - The Family as Domestic Church

Session 7: The Family as Domestic Church

The family is not merely a social unit but a theological reality; the primordial community in which persons are formed and love is learned. This session examines the Church's account of marriage and family as a school of the virtues, and honestly addresses the wounds that distort family life and the tradition's account of healing, mercy, and accompaniment.

Reading: Familiaris Consortio §§11–17, 42–48; CCC §§2201–2213; Amoris Laetitia §§57–88

Instructor: Dr. Aloysius Ventham

Philosopher and meta-ethicist. Program Director of the Villa Steiner Academy. Works on moral reasoning, judgment, and responsibility; teaches philosophy and ethics in Salzburg and Vienna.