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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]].
83:8.2 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.
83:8.3 Neither can marriage be truly [[compared]] to the [[relation]] of the [[Adjuster]] to man nor to the fraternity of [[Christ]] [[Michael]] and his human brethren. At scarcely any point are such [[relationships]] [[comparable]] to the [[association]] of [[husband]] and [[wife]]. And it is most unfortunate that the human misconception of these [[relationships]] has produced so much [[confusion]] as to the [[status]] of marriage.
83:8.4 It is also unfortunate that certain [[groups]] of [[mortals]] have conceived of marriage as being consummated by [[divine]] [[action]]. Such [[beliefs]] lead directly to the [[concept]] of the indissolubility of the marital [[state]] regardless of the circumstances or wishes of the contracting parties. But the very [[fact]] of marriage dissolution itself indicates that [[Deity]] is not a conjoining party to such [[unions]]. If [[God]] has once joined any two [[things]] or [[persons]] [[together]], they will remain thus joined until such a time as the [[divine]] will [[decrees]] their separation. But, regarding marriage, which is a [[human]] [[institution]], who shall presume to sit in [[judgment]], to say which marriages are unions that might be approved by the [[universe]] supervisors in [[contrast]] with those which are [[purely]] [[human]] in [[nature]] and [[origin]]?
83:8.5 Nevertheless, there is an [[ideal]] of marriage on the [[spheres]] on high. On the [[capital]] of each [[local system]] the [[Material Sons and Daughters]] of [[God]] do portray the height of the [[ideals]] of the [[union]] of man and woman in the bonds of marriage and for the [[purpose]] of procreating and rearing [[offspring]]. After all, the [[ideal]] mortal marriage is humanly [[sacred]].
83:8.6 Marriage always has been and still is man's supreme [[dream]] of [[temporal]] [[ideal]]ity. Though this [[beautiful]] [[dream]] is seldom [[realized]] in its entirety, it [[endures]] as a [[glorious]] [[ideal]], ever luring [[progressing]] [[mankind]] on to greater strivings for [[human]] [[happiness]]. But young men and women should be taught something of the [[realities]] of marriage before they are plunged into the exacting demands of the interassociations of [[family]] life; youthful idealization should be tempered with some [[degree]] of premarital [[disillusionment]].
83:8.7 The youthful idealization of marriage should not, however, be discouraged; such [[dreams]] are the [[visualization]] of the [[future]] goal of [[family]] life. This [[attitude]] is both [[stimulating]] and helpful providing it does not produce an insensitivity to the [[realization]] of the [[practical]] and commonplace requirements of marriage and subsequent [[family]] life.
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]].
83:8.10 Presented by the Chief of [[Seraphim]] stationed on [[Urantia]].
<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_83 Go to Paper 83]</center>
<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Urantia_Text_-_Contents Go to Table of Contents]</center>
[[Category:Paper 83 - The Marriage 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 [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]].
83:8.2 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.
83:8.3 Neither can marriage be truly [[compared]] to the [[relation]] of the [[Adjuster]] to man nor to the fraternity of [[Christ]] [[Michael]] and his human brethren. At scarcely any point are such [[relationships]] [[comparable]] to the [[association]] of [[husband]] and [[wife]]. And it is most unfortunate that the human misconception of these [[relationships]] has produced so much [[confusion]] as to the [[status]] of marriage.
83:8.4 It is also unfortunate that certain [[groups]] of [[mortals]] have conceived of marriage as being consummated by [[divine]] [[action]]. Such [[beliefs]] lead directly to the [[concept]] of the indissolubility of the marital [[state]] regardless of the circumstances or wishes of the contracting parties. But the very [[fact]] of marriage dissolution itself indicates that [[Deity]] is not a conjoining party to such [[unions]]. If [[God]] has once joined any two [[things]] or [[persons]] [[together]], they will remain thus joined until such a time as the [[divine]] will [[decrees]] their separation. But, regarding marriage, which is a [[human]] [[institution]], who shall presume to sit in [[judgment]], to say which marriages are unions that might be approved by the [[universe]] supervisors in [[contrast]] with those which are [[purely]] [[human]] in [[nature]] and [[origin]]?
83:8.5 Nevertheless, there is an [[ideal]] of marriage on the [[spheres]] on high. On the [[capital]] of each [[local system]] the [[Material Sons and Daughters]] of [[God]] do portray the height of the [[ideals]] of the [[union]] of man and woman in the bonds of marriage and for the [[purpose]] of procreating and rearing [[offspring]]. After all, the [[ideal]] mortal marriage is humanly [[sacred]].
83:8.6 Marriage always has been and still is man's supreme [[dream]] of [[temporal]] [[ideal]]ity. Though this [[beautiful]] [[dream]] is seldom [[realized]] in its entirety, it [[endures]] as a [[glorious]] [[ideal]], ever luring [[progressing]] [[mankind]] on to greater strivings for [[human]] [[happiness]]. But young men and women should be taught something of the [[realities]] of marriage before they are plunged into the exacting demands of the interassociations of [[family]] life; youthful idealization should be tempered with some [[degree]] of premarital [[disillusionment]].
83:8.7 The youthful idealization of marriage should not, however, be discouraged; such [[dreams]] are the [[visualization]] of the [[future]] goal of [[family]] life. This [[attitude]] is both [[stimulating]] and helpful providing it does not produce an insensitivity to the [[realization]] of the [[practical]] and commonplace requirements of marriage and subsequent [[family]] life.
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]].
83:8.10 Presented by the Chief of [[Seraphim]] stationed on [[Urantia]].
<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_83 Go to Paper 83]</center>
<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Urantia_Text_-_Contents Go to Table of Contents]</center>
[[Category:Paper 83 - The Marriage Institution]]
