The Difference in Understanding and Interpretation of Love as One of the Factors Influencing Marriage and Family Cover Image

Diferencia v chápaní a interpretácii lásky ako jeden z faktorov ovplyvňujúcich manželstvo a rodinu
The Difference in Understanding and Interpretation of Love as One of the Factors Influencing Marriage and Family

Author(s): Peter Tirpák
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, History of Church(es), Family and social welfare
Published by: Teologická fakulta Trnavskej univerzity
Keywords: family; community; love; eros and egape; crisis; understanding;

Summary/Abstract: Family is a natural institution; not something arising from an arbitrary agreement that is modifiable at any time based on momentary needs and feelings. A functioning family is a treasure that is embedded in the will of the Creator, the ultimate Lord of every family and life in general. Family does not pose any obstacle, hurdle, or unbearable burden to a modern human, as is often proclaimed by numerous media and individuals, who never experienced full love and its fruit in the form of a family and stability within a family – possibly, due to the fault of themselves and their misled perceptions. In such a challenging environment, it is the purpose of the Church to continuously rely on the hope and courage of its members and to preach that family is equivalent to goodness. Family is good for a husband and wife, it is good for the fulfillment of love, to which every human being is called in the depths of his/her heart. The subsequent contribution aims to emphasize that the perception of love and the respect to the One, from whom all love comes are the right approaches to maintain the stability in a relationship and to help personal evolution of a human being.

  • Issue Year: 2/2011
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 121-129
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Slovak