Adam and Eve Marriage

[IAmCatholic]

Was marriage originally supposed to last forever in the Garden of Eden? Marriage is dissolved at death. But we were never supposed to die, so in the days of Adam and Eve, if they had not sinned, would they still be married forever?

 

[tafan2]

We were not supposed to die, but we still would have come to an end of our life on earth, likely assumed at some point into heaven, body and soul.

 

[Vico]

Was marriage originally supposed to last forever in the Garden of Eden? Marriage is dissolved at death. But we were never supposed to die, so in the days of Adam and Eve, if they had not sinned, would they still be married forever?

The Holy Trinity knew that Adam and Eve would sin and so die. Hard to argue that it would be forever since those in heaven are not given to marriage but are like the angels. Maybe there is marriage in hell.

 

[Titivillus]

Also since marriage is a sacrament it’s only necessary while a person is on Earth and has some hope for heaven. As such, it doesn’t make sense to be married in either heaven or hell.

But don’t forget: It was not a sacrament at the time.

 

[IAmCatholic]

Then what happens in the New Earth? When are not like angels and have our bodies back?

 

[Vico]

Anonkun:

Also since marriage is a sacrament it’s only necessary while a person is on Earth and has some hope for heaven. As such, it doesn’t make sense to be married in either heaven or hell.

But don’t forget: It was not a sacrament at the time.

I note that they has a state of sanctifying grace before their fall, and no divorce.

Matthew 19

7 They say to him: Why then did Moses command to give a bill of divorce, and to put away?
8 He saith to them: Because Moses by reason of the hardness of your heart permitted you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.

 

[Titivillus]

Adam and Eve were not baptized and therefore were not admitted to the sacraments (which had yet to be established in any case)

Catechism 1660

The marriage covenant, by which a man and a woman form with each other an intimate communion of life and love, has been founded and endowed with its own special laws by the Creator. By its very nature it is ordered to the good of the couple, as well as to the generation and education of children. Christ the Lord raised marriage between the baptized to the dignity of a sacrament

 

[Liguori]

I would say that it most likely would’ve lasted forever considered that they were immortal(until the Fall). But who is to say that they know that God did not have plans for marriage to lead to something greater if they did not fall. This is reminds me of the debate over whether or nor Christ would have become incarnate if the Fall did not occur. These things seem somewhat trivial in the grand scheme of things. They are important in their essence but given the fact that the Fall happened I see them as less important topics of the Faith. Maybe in heaven God will reveal to the Saints what would have happened without the Fall. Anyway, their marriage was only “natural”. Interestingly enough besides the Tree of Life being a sign of the Eucharist, I am pretty sure that their marriage was the closest thing they had to a sacrament before the sacraments were actually instituted.