EN
According to can. 1096 § 1 Code of Canon Law of the 1983 if the marriage harmony is going to come into existence, both sides should be able to dispose of at least minimal knowledge about state of marriage. In accordance with can. 1096 § 2 after reaching maturity, such knowledge is acquired. So what is really the minimal knowledge concerning marriage and what does it refer to in a subjective scope? Legislator defines it as a general concept of marriage with two enumerated aspects: relationship of a man and a woman, which is based on constancy and is oriented towards bearing descendants by a sexual cooperation.