Quotes About Marriage

Quotes about marriage from throughout Christian History.

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Ignatius of Antioch, A.D. 110

Speak to my sisters, and tell them to love the Lord and be satisfied with their husbands both in the flesh and spirit. Exhort my brothers in the name of Jesus Christa that they love their wives even as the Lord the Church, (Letter to Polycarp 5)

But it is fitting for both men and women who marry to form their union with the approval of the bishop, that their marriage may be according to God, and not after their own lust. (Letter to Polycarp 5)

Clement of Alexandria, c. A.D. 190

For with perfect propriety Scripture has said that woman is given by God as a help to man. It is evident, then, in my opinion, that she will charge herself with remedying, by good sense and persuasion, each of the annoyances that originate with her husband in domestic economy. And if he does not yield, then she will endeavor, as far as possible for human nature, to lead a sinless life. (Miscellanies IV:20)

The marriage, then, that is consummated according to the word, is sanctified, if the union be under subjection to God, and be conducted "with a true heart, in full assurance of faith, having hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and the body washed with pure water, and holding the confession of hope; for He is faithful that promised" [Heb. 10:22]. The happiness of marriage ought never to be estimated by wealth or beauty, but by virtue. (Miscellanies IV:20)