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83:8.1 Marriage which culminates in the [[home]] is indeed man's most exalted [[institution]], but it is [[essentially]] [[human]]; it should never have been called a [[sacrament]]. The [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_76#76:3._LIFE_IN_MESOPOTAMIA Sethite priests] made marriage a [[religious]] [[ritual]]; but for thousands of years after [[Eden]], [[mating]] continued as a [[purely]] [[social]] and [[civil]] [[institution]].

83:8.1 Marriage which culminates in the [[home]] is indeed man's most exalted [[institution]], but it is [[essentially]] [[human]]; it should never have been called a [[sacrament]]. The [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_76#76:3._LIFE_IN_MESOPOTAMIA Sethite priests] made marriage a [[religious]] [[ritual]]; but for thousands of years after [[Eden]], [[mating]] continued as a [[purely]] [[social]] and [[civil]] [[institution]].

83:8.2 The likening of [[human]] [[associations]] to [[divine]] associations is most unfortunate. The [[union]] of [[husband]] and [[wife]] in the marriage-[[home]] [[relationship]] is a [[material]] [[function]] of the [[mortals]] of the [[evolutionary worlds]]. True, indeed, much [[spiritual]] [[progress]] may accrue consequent upon the [[sincere]] [[human]] [[efforts]] of [[husband]] and [[wife]] to [[progress]], but this does not mean that marriage is necessarily [[sacred]]. [[Spiritual]] [[progress]] is attendant upon [[sincere]] [[application]] to other avenues of [[human]] endeavor.

83:8.2 The likening of [[human]] [[associations]] to [[divine]] associations is most unfortunate. The [[union]] of [[husband]] and [[wife]] in the marriage-[[home]] [[relationship]] is a [[material]] [[function]] of the [[mortals]] of the [[evolutionary worlds]]. True, indeed, much [[spiritual]] [[progress]] may accrue consequent upon the [[sincere]] [[human]] [[efforts]] of [[husband]] and [[wife]] to [[progress]], but this does not mean that marriage is necessarily [[sacred]]. [[Spiritual]] [[progress]] is attendant upon [[sincere]] [[application]] to other avenues of [[human]] endeavor.

83:8.8 The [[ideals]] of marriage have made great [[progress]] in recent times; among some peoples woman enjoys [[practically]] [[equal]] [[rights]] with her consort. In [[concept]], at least, the [[family]] is becoming a loyal [[partnership]] for rearing [[offspring]], accompanied by [[sexual]] [[fidelity]]. But even this newer version of marriage need not presume to swing so far to the extreme as to confer [[mutual]] [[monopoly]] of all [[personality]] and [[individuality]]. Marriage is not just an [[individualistic]] [[ideal]]; it is the evolving [[social]] [[partnership]] of a man and a woman, existing and functioning under the current [[mores]], restricted by the [[taboos]], and enforced by the [[laws]] and regulations of [[society]].

83:8.8 The [[ideals]] of marriage have made great [[progress]] in recent times; among some peoples woman enjoys [[practically]] [[equal]] [[rights]] with her consort. In [[concept]], at least, the [[family]] is becoming a loyal [[partnership]] for rearing [[offspring]], accompanied by [[sexual]] [[fidelity]]. But even this newer version of marriage need not presume to swing so far to the extreme as to confer [[mutual]] [[monopoly]] of all [[personality]] and [[individuality]]. Marriage is not just an [[individualistic]] [[ideal]]; it is the evolving [[social]] [[partnership]] of a man and a woman, existing and functioning under the current [[mores]], restricted by the [[taboos]], and enforced by the [[laws]] and regulations of [[society]].

83:8.9 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_Century Twentieth-century] marriages stand high in comparison with those of [[past]] ages, notwithstanding that the [[home]] [[institution]] is now undergoing a serious testing because of the [[problems]] so suddenly thrust upon the [[social]] [[organization]] by the precipitate augmentation of woman's [[liberties]], rights so long denied her in the tardy [[evolution]] of the [[mores]] of [[past]] [[generations]].

83:8.9 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_Century Twentieth-century] marriages stand high in comparison with those of [[past]] ages, notwithstanding that the [[home]] [[institution]] is now undergoing a serious testing because of the [[problems]] so suddenly thrust upon the [[social]] [[organization]] by the precipitate augmentation of woman's [[liberties]], rights so long denied her in the tardy [[evolution]] of the [[mores]] of [[past]] [[generations]].

83:8.10 Presented by the Chief of [[Seraphim]] stationed on [[Urantia]].

83:8.10 Presented by the Chief of [[Seraphim]] stationed on [[Urantia]].

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

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