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Loading... The Mystery of Christian Marriage through the Ages: The Scriptures and the First Thousand Yearsby Anna Silvas
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Deep prayer. Cleaving to our Lord Jesus Christ. Immersion in the Scriptures. Baptismal and eucharistic faith in quest of ever-deeper understanding. Historical un-naivety. A theological care for the truth that abides. An interest in diagnosing cultural and civilizational shifts. Attention to the words and teachings of the Church Fathers. Linguistic sensitivity.All these operational elements come together in this book, which seeks to search out the "Nuptial Mystery" of the human condition--"from the beginning" when we were first created, through the dramatic damage contracted in the Fall, as it plays itself out in the struggles of human history, towards the beckoning fulfillment of all things in the world that is to come. This is not just another book on marriage, but an education in a way of theologically "seeing" the Mystery of Christ written into our human vocation as male and female, called to spousal covenant, open to the primacy of God, fruitful with a fruitfulness coming from God, and leading us to the bridegroom on the cross, come to espouse his bride, the church. No library descriptions found. |
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The author begins with consideration of various examples and laws regarding marriage in the old covenant, the example of the Holy Family in the Gospels, apostolic instruction, and then various patristic matters.
The primary sources are well worth considering. The work overall is very much Roman Catholic in all of its presuppositions; as such one will not find or even hear any possible consideration of how the later traditions might not have entirely well reflected the original apostolic exhortations regarding marriage and family.
The author's primary concern seems to be to show how from the Shepherd on, in the Western tradition, any remarriage is condemned; the final chapter is an attempt to denigrate the Eastern tradition for not upholding this premise. The post-apostolic evidence she marshals is quite strong; yet even though 1 Corinthians 7:39 is quoted, that Paul would be willing to speak of a widow marrying again, "only in the Lord," the possibility is never considered that later witnesses went beyond the apostolic instruction in their faith and practice.
Such is one of many examples which could be adduced. This kind of work will convince the Roman Catholic; anyone who does not share those presuppositions will not. (