Browsing Faculty of Theology by Subject "marriage"
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A pastoral evaluation on the issue of 'vat en sit' with special reference to the Black Reformed Churches of South Africa
(AOSIS, 2016)This article attempts to investigate and give practical guidelines to the church councils of the mainly Black Reformed Churches in South Africa and also to the couples and families involved in vat en sit relationship. Vat ... -
Anna Reinhard Zwingli - 'Apostolic Dorcas', 'dearest housewife', 'angel-wife', 'ziel van mijn ziel' and 'mater dolorosa of the Reformation': from woman to valued citizen
(AOSIS, 2016)A biography of Anna Zwingli might be compiled by skipping from one pinnacle point in her life to another. However, much of her story is relative to what is known about her husbands John Meier von Knonau and Ulrich Zwingli. ... -
The covenant as fundamental building block of marriage
(Stellenbosch University, 2012)Marriage is an institution of God, a social institution, a multidimensional experience, as well as an intimate personal relationship between a man and a woman. In the Bible the marital relationship is used to describe the ... -
Did adultery mandate divorce? A reassessment of Jesus' Divorce Logia
(Cambridge University Press, 2015)This paper argues that Matthew's so-called exception clauses to the prohibition of divorce (5.32; 19.9) make explicit what was already implicit in versions without them: that adultery required divorce. While biblical law ...