The Four Problems which Old Testament Married Couples
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Cztery problemy, z jakimi borykają się małżeństwa w Starym Testamencie
The Four Problems which Old Testament Married Couples Grapple with

Author(s): Marcin Majewski
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Theology and Religion, Biblical studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Papieskiego Jana Pawła II w Krakowie
Keywords: Old Testament; marriage; polygamy; lack of offspring; betrayal; divorce

Summary/Abstract: In the context of a lively debate on the encyclic of Pope Francis Amoris laetitia, in this article I take up the four most important problems that marriages in the Old Testament grappled with: polygamy, or marrying multiple spouses, lack of offspring, infdelity, or betrayal, and divorce. It is only against this issues that the profound novum of Catholic teaching on marriage emerges. The proposal will be that problems aficting couples of biblical time are not so different from the ones besetting contemporary couples.

  • Issue Year: 22/2018
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 169-186
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: English