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As everyone knows natural marriage was instituted in Paradise. This is taught in the authoritative Roman Catechism or Catechism of the Council of Trent. In it, it is clearly stated that our first parents were already united by true marriage: “ It is absolutely certain that, before the sin, our first parents, were already united by true Matrimony, even though they still did not have between them any carnal relations, according to the testimony of the Holy Fathers. For this reason, the Holy Fathers affirm that Matrimony is not established by the carnal act but by the consent.” (1) Virginity is superior to marriage. The Church teaches that marriage existed in Paradise Further, after reaffirming the constant teaching of the Church on the indissoluble nature of marriage, The Catechism of Trent strongly declares that not all are obliged to marry and that, following the Church's constant teaching, the state of virginity is superior to that of matrimony.
Commenting on God's first command to Adam and Eve, 'Be fruitful and multiply' (Gen 1:28), the Catechism of Trent states: “When He said, ‘Increase and multiply,’ Our Lord wanted to indicate the end for which He had instituted Matrimony, but not to impose upon each individual the obligation of contracting it. With the present day propagation of the human race, not only is there no law obligating marriage, but, on the contrary, the state of virginity is highly recommended, which Sacred Scriptures present to all as superior to the matrimonial state, as a state of greater perfection and holiness. “For Our Lord and Savior taught as follows: ‘He that can take it, let him take it’ (Mt 19:12); and the Apostle says: ‘Concerning virgins I have no commandment from the Lord; but I give counsel, as having obtained mercy from the Lord, to be faithful [to that state]’ (1 Cor 7:25).” The Protestants attack celibacy This teaching on the superiority of virginity – as priests, religious or lay celibates – was energetically proclaimed in response to a Protestant attack on celibacy. The Protestant heresiarchs had many differences but in general they joined suit in extolling marriage as a holy and a natural (not sacramental) state.
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At the same time, they strongly accused celibacy as being both immoral (because it violated God's command to 'increase and multiply') and unnatural. According to these revolutionaries, marriage was most definitely not inferior to the celibate state of Catholic priests, monks, nuns and lay persons. Uttaran serial latest episode. Further, because sexual desire was a normal and natural experience of most men and women, this was proof that they were intended to marry and it was “intolerably presumptuous,” as Calvin stated, for a man or woman to make life-long vows of celibacy. (2) This notion that God intended all human beings to marry – and, therefore, that the celibate man or woman signifies a type of failure – had many consequences, which I plan to address in a future article. The Protestants closed the convents; below, the faces of statues of the Our Lady & the virgin Saints smashed by Protestants, Ultrecht altarpiece One principal result, which I have already spoken about in my CD “ is the closing of religious orders for men and women.