|
|
Article: The abolition of marriage.
- Article from:
- Catholic Insight
- Article date:
- October 1, 2004
- Author:
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2004 Catholic Insight. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
What is marriage? During his talk with the Pharisees, who had asked Christ about the indissolubility of marriage, he referred twice to the beginning: "Have you not read that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female, and said, 'For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh'" (Mt. 19:3; Mk. 10:2).
In referring to Genesis (1:27; 2:24), Christ was indicating that the Christian view of marriage is solidly rooted in Genesis, which, in turn, expresses God's Will. In this Judeo-Christian understanding of the meaning of marriage, three factors are essential: 1) gender difference ...