Three to Get Married -

Fulton J. Sheen

Appleton-Century-Crofts, Inc.

1951

310 páginas

10h 20m

ISBN-13: 9780933932876

Why does it take three to get married? Is there a difference between sex and love? How is the cult of the body best served? What is the unbreakable bond in marriage? What is the true meaning of 'two-in-one-flesh'? Why does fidelity in marriage imply more than abstention from adultery? What is the 'royal destiny' of marriage? Monsignor Fulton J. Sheen, one of the great religious leaders of this century, here offers penetrating answers to these, and other equally important, questions about marriage in our time. He explores the three tensions of modern marriage and charts a course for more enduring relationships that will bring renewed hope and happiness to married couples of all ages. The author takes exception to Freud because he feels that 'Freudianism interprets man in terms of sex; Christianity interprets sex in terms of man.' He is opposed to both the Victorian extreme of ignoring sex and the Freudian extreme of making sex all-important. Love, not sex, is the first requisite for happy marriage, but love can only be complete when it has been enriched with the Divine....