Everything about Consummate totally explained
As a
verb,
consummate means to bring something to its completion, such as a transaction, concept, plan or action.
Technically speaking, consummation in the marriage context refers to its actual beginning, with an official ceremony of a
wedding, witnesses to the event, and a public announcement of the act. In some Western traditions, a
marriage isn't considered a binding contract until and unless it has been consummated. In a colloquial context, marriages, love
relationships, or relations for pleasure, are said to be consummated when the act of
sexual intercourse has taken place after the ceremony or confession of love.
Within the
Catholic Church, a marriage that hasn't yet been consummated, regardless of the reason for non-consummation, can be dissolved by the
Pope (see also
canons 1697-1706
). Additionally, an inability or an intention to refuse to consummate the marriage is probable grounds for an
annulment.
Catholic canon law defines (canon 1061 §1) that a marriage has been consummated when the "spouses have performed between themselves in a human fashion a conjugal act which is suitable in itself for the procreation of offspring, to which marriage is ordered by its nature and by which the spouses become one flesh." Some theologians, such as
Fr. John A. Hardon, have stated that
contraceptive intercourse doesn't consummate a marriage.
In
Colonial America,
hand-fast marriages (
Handfasting) were allowed in several of the Colonies. These marriages were not done in church; instead there were public verbal commitments made between the man and the woman, and then they consummated it by having sexual relations. If the woman didn't become pregnant within one year, the marriage was considered
annulled. If she did become pregnant, the relationship would automatically become a fully-recognized marriage.
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The
adjective consummate describes something that's complete or a person that's supremely skilled.
Etymology
The word
consummate is probably derived from the
Latin roots 'com-', and 'summa', meaning 'with' and 'highest' respectively.
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