Who Invented Marriage?

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Interview With Canon Lawyer Juan Ignacio Bañares

PAMPLONA, Spain, JUNE 27, 2005 (Zenit.org).- Who invented marriage? Can the law “meddle” with something as personal as marriage?

These are some of the questions answered in this interview with ZENIT by Father Juan Ignacio Bañares Parera, a canon lawyer from the University of Navarre.

Father Bañares has just written a book on “The Conjugal Dimension of the Person: From Anthropology to Law,” published by Rialp and the Library of the Institute of Sciences for the Family of the University of Navarre, of which he is a director.

**Q: What is the conjugal dimension of a person?
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Q: According to the book, a person is led naturally to marriage. But there are other options in life, such as yours, the priesthood. Can you explain this?
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Q: Who invented marriage?
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Q: Can the law “meddle” – these are your words – in something as personal as marriage, you ask in your book, and you argue that it can. Why? **

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[Fizendell]

To answer the name of the post:

God invented marriage.

In the Garden of Eden.

Before the fall of man.

 

[deaconswife]

That’s right. In Genesis 2:24 it says “Therefore a man leaves his father and mother and cleaves to his wife, and they become one flesh.”