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God designed marriage to be a lifelong, one flesh relationship between one man and one woman. The first divinely-ordained, human institution, it is the bedrock of civilization.
Articles
"Servants of the Same Master" -- Tertullian (c. 150 - c. 229)
"True Manhood Tested in Marriage" -- Clement of Alexandria (c. 153 - c. 215) public
"Remarriage Is Permitted" -- Cyril of Jerusalem (c. 315 – 387)
"'A Christian Marriage Is True Companionship!'" -- Gregory of Nazianzus (329 – 389)
"Mr. & Mrs.: Get Your Roles Right!" -- John Chrysostom (c. 349 - 407)
"'Gentleness and Love Are the Foundations of a Strong Marriage'" -- John Chrysostom (c. 349 - 407)
"There's Nothing Like a Godly Wife!" -- John Chrysostom (c. 349 - 407)
"Marriage: The First Bond of Society" -- Augustine (354 - 430)
"Marriage: Too Valuable to Dissolve" -- Augustine (354 - 430)
"Joseph and His Master's Wife" -- Theodoret of Cyrrhus (c. 386 - c. 460)
"Ancient Wisdom, Ancient Penalties" -- Desiderius Erasmus (1466 – 1536)
"Though Natural Reason Turns Up Her Nose at Marriage and Parenting" -- Martin Luther (1483 – 1546)
"Marriage: School for Civic-minded Men" -- Thomas Becon (1512 - 1567)
"The Anglican Homilies on Marriage" -- (1563)
"Althusius and the Family" -- Johannes Althusius (1557 - 1638)
"'Yet If All These Hopes Should Fail'" -- John Winthrop (1588 – 1649)
"Wives: Who's Counting?" -- Francis Turretin (1623 - 1687)
"The Marriage Ceremony" -- The Book of Common Prayer (1662)
"Adam's Helper" -- Matthew Henry (1662 - 1714)
"On the Beauty of Sarah" -- Jonathan Edwards (1703 - 1758)
"The French Revolution Threatens Marriage, and Thus Civilization" -- Edmund Burke (1729 - 1797) public
"The Foundation of National Morality" -- John Adams (1735 – 1826) public
"Behind Every Great Nation" -- Alexis de Tocqueville (1805 - 1859)
"The Spiritually Disarming Wife" -- George Müller (1805 - 1898)
"The Christ-Centered Life of Mary Müller" -- George Müller (1805 – 1898)
"'Odious' Polygamy" -- U.S. Supreme Court (1878)
"For Civilization, a New and Better Sexual Ethic Is Indispensable" -- Bertrand Russell (1872 – 1970)
"Home Truths" -- G. K. Chesterton (1874 – 1936)
"Prophetic Insight" -- Carle C. Zimmerman (1897 - 1983)
"Puritan Family" -- Edmund S. Morgan (1916 – )
"Covenant Sex" -- Paul Ramsey (1913 – 1988)
"Marriage: The Foundation of Society" -- James Q. Wilson (1931 - )
"Husbands, deny yourselves!" -- Walter Chantry (1938 - )
"Never Give Up on a Cause that Is Right" -- Robert Bork (1927 – )
"Fathers: For the Sake of Your Children" -- David Popenoe (1932 – ) public
"The Charter of Family Rights" -- John Paul II (1920 - 2005)
"Christianity Leads to Monogamy" -- Don S. Browning (1934 – )
"A Radical Break with the Past" -- Arturo Fontaine Talavera (1952 - )
"Husbands, Don't Lie about Christ!" -- Douglas Wilson (1953 - )
"Marriage . . . for Life" -- Louisiana Covenant (1997)
"Marriage: Not Like the Monkeys Do" -- Matt Ridley (1958 – )
"Honoring Marriage" -- David Holloway public