LITERATURE QUESTIONS
MEDIEVAL WOMEN WRITERS
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the Germanic tribes allowed relationships between family members, while the Church prohibited marriage between relatives
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the Church outlawed marriages between children, while Germanic tribes tolerated them
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the Germanic tribes tolerated polygamy, while the Church made monogamy the only acceptable type of union
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All of the Above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Most Christians believe marriage is an important part of life. They believe the purpose of marriage is: to unite with someone they love for the rest of their lives. to be faithful and make this sacrament with God’s blessing and in God’s presence.
Detailed explanation-2: -From the earliest days of the Christian faith, Christians have honored holy matrimony (as Christian marriages are referred to) as a divinely blessed, lifelong, monogamous union between a man and a woman.
Detailed explanation-3: -The marriage under the Special Marriage Act, 1954 can be between any two people irrespective of their religion, caste, creed, nationality etc where as the Marriage under the Christian Marriage Act, 1872 requires at least one of the party to the marriage should be Christian by religion.
Detailed explanation-4: -In Islam, marriage is the answer to human innate and natural needs, but it seems that, in Christians, celibacy is the first answer to human natural needs. Therefore celibacy is superior to marriage in Christian, and it is believed that people who are not able to maintain purity with celibacy, have to marry.