Gesta Christi a History of Humane Progress Under Christianity
Gesta Christi a History of Humane Progress Under Christianity
Brace, Charles Loring, 1826-1890
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All other human connections Avere to be abandoned for it : God Himself had formed it, and it was only to be broken and a new relation joined for the most serious and profound reasons. The Apostles, indeed, did not always so fully 1 Turn genus humanum primum moUescere ccepit. {De Rer. Nat, lib. S. ) 330 CHRISTIAN VIEW OF DIVORCE. %ot appreciate it ; yet they compared it to the most mysterious and earnest bond known to man — that uniting the soul to its Redeemer. AH these, too, have everywhere ta...ught that the body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, and that any connection, other than that of marriage, defiles that temple. It is true that the Church early fell into an extreme of asceticism and" celibacy. Still the distinctive teachings of Christ must be admitted to present tlie highest possible ideal of marriage, and the utmost sense of its sacredness. We are not, however, prepared to say that tlie words of Jesus are to be followed, without admitting any possible limitation or exception.
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