Complementary of relationship is basic element of human life. Shared the life of man and woman in
marriage appears at the very dawn of humanity as an expression of the basic constituent element of
human life. Cultures and societies have provided a multiplicity of ways in which this phenomenon has
been explained.We shall try to understand some of them. This will enable us to situate our Christian
understanding of marriage in a correct perspective.
Marriage as an secular reality.Marriage is basically a secular reality, although throughout
history it has been surrounded by religious rites and ceremonies.Vatican II express the secular character of
marriage in this terms: " The intimate partnership of life and love which constitutes the married state has been
established by the creator and endowed by him with its own proper laws...All of this have a very important
bearing on the continuation of the human race, on the personal development and eternal destiny of every
member of the family and of the whole human race". We can distinguish the following elements in order to
highlight the secular character of marriage.
It is rooted in the creative act of God. The image of God in the human person is reflected in the partnership of love which constitutes marriage. The divine is made visible in the human at creation through the partnership of love lived in complementary.
In marriage human sexuality becomes a dynamic symbol of divine creative power.The divine becomes human persons in the loving self-gift of the human persons to each other. "This is a far cry from mere erotic attraction which is pursued in selfishness and soon fades away into wretchedness ".
Through marriage the creative love of God becomes permanently active in human society.The growth of human society which God wants to effect takes place through human cooperation.The continuation of humanity is dependant on the exercise of the participation of human beings in the creative act of God through the exercise of their sexual complementary. "Humanity as such does not exist. It exist only as man and woman. It is only in togetherness that human existence can be fulfilled in the fully human sense.
Marriage is the natural sacraments of divine love.Despite the fact that the Bible raises human sexuality and the relationship between man and woman to such a high level , it never deifies sex or erotic love in the way that it was deified in other religions of the ancient Near East. The finite and limited love between man and woman is rather the image of an unconditional limitless love which God has for human beings. We may say that marriage is an earthly reality which prepares human beings to enter into that perfect communion with God. " It is therefore possible to speak, in this sense,of a natural sacrament of marriage, as indeed the Church's tradition does.
marriage appears at the very dawn of humanity as an expression of the basic constituent element of
human life. Cultures and societies have provided a multiplicity of ways in which this phenomenon has
been explained.We shall try to understand some of them. This will enable us to situate our Christian
understanding of marriage in a correct perspective.
Marriage as an secular reality.Marriage is basically a secular reality, although throughout
history it has been surrounded by religious rites and ceremonies.Vatican II express the secular character of
marriage in this terms: " The intimate partnership of life and love which constitutes the married state has been
established by the creator and endowed by him with its own proper laws...All of this have a very important
bearing on the continuation of the human race, on the personal development and eternal destiny of every
member of the family and of the whole human race". We can distinguish the following elements in order to
highlight the secular character of marriage.
It is rooted in the creative act of God. The image of God in the human person is reflected in the partnership of love which constitutes marriage. The divine is made visible in the human at creation through the partnership of love lived in complementary.
In marriage human sexuality becomes a dynamic symbol of divine creative power.The divine becomes human persons in the loving self-gift of the human persons to each other. "This is a far cry from mere erotic attraction which is pursued in selfishness and soon fades away into wretchedness ".
Through marriage the creative love of God becomes permanently active in human society.The growth of human society which God wants to effect takes place through human cooperation.The continuation of humanity is dependant on the exercise of the participation of human beings in the creative act of God through the exercise of their sexual complementary. "Humanity as such does not exist. It exist only as man and woman. It is only in togetherness that human existence can be fulfilled in the fully human sense.
Marriage is the natural sacraments of divine love.Despite the fact that the Bible raises human sexuality and the relationship between man and woman to such a high level , it never deifies sex or erotic love in the way that it was deified in other religions of the ancient Near East. The finite and limited love between man and woman is rather the image of an unconditional limitless love which God has for human beings. We may say that marriage is an earthly reality which prepares human beings to enter into that perfect communion with God. " It is therefore possible to speak, in this sense,of a natural sacrament of marriage, as indeed the Church's tradition does.
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