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Line 10: − However, the [[Old Testament]] provided for [[polygamy]] and [[concubine|concubinage]] and includes many examples of both among the patriarchs.
removed sentence about old testament. there was polygamy in the OT, it does not mean that it was condoned by God though. He still wanted one man/one woman
[[Bill Bennett]] wrote:
[[Bill Bennett]] wrote:
:Based as it is on the principle of [[complementarity]], marriage is also about a great deal more than love. That "great deal" encompasses, above all, [[procreation]]. The timeless function of marriage is childbearing and child-rearing, and the best arrangement ever developed to that end is the marital union between one man and one woman ... <ref>''The Broken Hearth'', Page 197)</ref>
:Based as it is on the principle of [[complementarity]], marriage is also about a great deal more than love. That "great deal" encompasses, above all, [[procreation]]. The timeless function of marriage is childbearing and child-rearing, and the best arrangement ever developed to that end is the marital union between one man and one woman ... <ref>''The Broken Hearth'', Page 197)</ref>
==Biblical marriage advice==
==Biblical marriage advice==