Căsătoria în lumina Noului Testament
Marriage in the light of the New Testament

Summary/Abstract: Marriage in the light of the New Testament. Marriage is a “social contract” from a profane point of view, or a legal union between a man and a woman, a free consent agreement to start a family and perpetuate the nation; sometimes, it is accomplished out of familiar interests or of other nature. This act constitutes a universal law. From a biblical and Christian point of view, marriage is the sacred act of ”divine origin” founded by God from the beginning of human existence: ”It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.” The expression ”a suitable helper” has a Jewish connotation; it means much more than physical support, such as the one necessary to take care of the garden. ”And the rib taken from Adam by God, was made a woman which God brought to Adam”… ”For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.” (Gen. 2, 18-24; acc. to Matt. 19, 5-6). “God had created Eve not only to help Adam, but also to save him from solitude; only because they complement each other, they are the complete human being.” Here is the scriptural basis of marriage, both as a natural and creation act, as well as a divine institution, for those who marry are united by God: “Therefore, what God has joined together, let man not separate” (Mat. 19, 6). This union is based on the natural affinity of people, the sexual instinct, the vocation of man and woman to be fertile, to multiply and replenish the earth. (acc. to Gen. 1, 28). In time, the original form of this union has been distorted either by polygamy, or by the reduction of marriage to a mere provisional contract, or by the consideration of the body as an object for prostitution, or by the so-called “trial marriage” In Judaism, the act of getting married and, thus, having a family, was normal. The fall into sin has caused the family the loss of some attributes which God has taken into consideration when He created it.

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