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Marriage equality - wives submit to your husbands...
Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2011 12:03 pm
by _Drifting
22 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
23 For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.
24 Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.(Ephesians 5)
Is this an accurate reflection of Mormonisms view of marriage?
Re: Marriage equality - wives submit to your husbands...
Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2011 12:45 pm
by _zeezrom
I think it depends on how you interpret the statements, "even as Christ is the head..." and "church is subject unto Christ.."
Fortunately, we are free to interpret those statements liberally. I would like to think that Mormon couples in healthy marriages do indeed take liberties with those statements.
How about this:
Christ is the head of the Church the same way two equal partners, sharing mutual respect for each other are very good friends.
Or this:
The Church is subject unto Christ the same way Mr. Darcy loved Lizzie.
We can hope. :)
Re: Marriage equality - wives submit to your husbands...
Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2011 3:03 pm
by _Buffalo
Drifting wrote: 22 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
23 For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.
24 Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.(Ephesians 5)
Is this an accurate reflection of Mormonisms view of marriage?
That's the official doctrine, and it's echoed in dozens of lesson manuals. However, in practice, you don't see it implemented too much unless the husband is a major douchebag.
Re: Marriage equality - wives submit to your husbands...
Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2011 3:30 pm
by _Rollo Tomasi
Drifting wrote: 22 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
23 For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.
24 Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.(Ephesians 5)
Is this an accurate reflection of Mormonisms view of marriage?
It used to be more explicit in the temple endowment ceremony, but the language was toned down in the early 1990's -- but even the current language seems to suggest this doctrine remains.
Re: Marriage equality - wives submit to your husbands...
Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2011 5:39 pm
by _zeezrom
The church is a product of its people, is it not?