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83:1.2 The [[family]], which grows out of marriage, is itself a [[stabilizer]] of the marriage [[institution]] together with the [[property]] [[mores]]. Other potent [[factors]] in marriage [[stability]] are [[pride]], [[vanity]], [[chivalry]], [[duty]], and [[religious]] [[convictions]]. But while marriages may be approved or disapproved on high, they are hardly made in [[heaven]]. The [[human]] [[family]] is a distinctly human [[institution]], an [[evolutionary]] [[development]]. Marriage is an [[institution]] of [[society]], not a department of the [[church]]. True, [[religion]] should mightily [[influence]] it but should not undertake exclusively to [[control]] and regulate it.

83:1.2 The [[family]], which grows out of marriage, is itself a [[stabilizer]] of the marriage [[institution]] together with the [[property]] [[mores]]. Other potent [[factors]] in marriage [[stability]] are [[pride]], [[vanity]], [[chivalry]], [[duty]], and [[religious]] [[convictions]]. But while marriages may be approved or disapproved on high, they are hardly made in [[heaven]]. The [[human]] [[family]] is a distinctly human [[institution]], an [[evolutionary]] [[development]]. Marriage is an [[institution]] of [[society]], not a department of the [[church]]. True, [[religion]] should mightily [[influence]] it but should not undertake exclusively to [[control]] and regulate it.

83:1.3 [[Primitive]] marriage was primarily [[industrial]]; and even in [[modern]] times it is often a [[social]] or [[business]] affair. Through the [[influence]] of the mixture of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_78#78:4._THE_ANDITES Andite] stock and as a result of the [[mores]] of advancing [[civilization]], marriage is slowly becoming [[mutual]], [[romantic]], [[parental]], [[poetical]], [[affectionate]], [[ethical]], and even [[idealistic]]. Selection and so-called [[romantic]] [[love]], however, were at a minimum in [[primitive]] [[mating]]. During early times [[husband]] and [[wife]] were not much [[together]]; they did not even eat together very often. But among the [[ancients]], [[personal]] [[affection]] was not strongly linked to [[sex]] [[attraction]]; they became fond of one another largely because of living and [[working]] [[together]].

83:1.3 [[Primitive]] marriage was primarily [[industrial]]; and even in [[modern]] times it is often a [[social]] or [[business]] affair. Through the [[influence]] of the mixture of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_78#78:4._THE_ANDITES Andite] stock and as a result of the [[mores]] of advancing [[civilization]], marriage is slowly becoming [[mutual]], [[romantic]], [[parental]], [[poetical]], [[affectionate]], [[ethical]], and even [[idealistic]]. Selection and so-called [[romantic]] [[love]], however, were at a minimum in [[primitive]] [[mating]]. During early times [[husband]] and [[wife]] were not much [[together]]; they did not even eat together very often. But among the [[ancients]], [[personal]] [[affection]] was not strongly linked to [[sex]] [[attraction]]; they became fond of one another largely because of living and [[working]] [[together]].

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[[Category:Paper 83 - The Marriage Institution]]

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