Jesus’ teaching on marriage seems very harsh and restrictive if it is taken literally. But understood as a teaching as applying to all who might ambition to marrying as God would have us do, this teaching really narrowly specifies the criteria that must be met for a marriage that Jesus would bless. As such, we follow an ancient principle in interpreting Scripture and interpret hard teaching in a narrow and restrictive sense.
Jesus’ teaching on marriage seems very harsh and restrictive if it is taken literally. But understood as a teaching as applying to all who might ambition to marrying as God would have us do, this teaching really narrowly specifies the criteria that must be met for a marriage that Jesus would bless. As such, we follow an ancient principle in interpreting Scripture and interpret hard teaching in a narrow and restrictive sense.
About the Speaker: Father Michael Kelly is a Jesuit priest and English language publisher of the respected Jesuit periodical, La Civilta Cattolica.
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