Christian Plural Marriage

Christian Plural Marriage (or Christian Polygyny) is an evangelical approach to the Scriptural concept of polygyny. [http://biblicalfamilies.org ] although not all subscribe to both concepts. A more general audience of those who are open to the concept and to its discussion can be found on the ChristianPolygamy2 Yahoo group. [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/christianpolygamy2/ Paul quotes the same passage Jesus refers to, saying:

Or do you not know that he who is joined to a prostitute becomes one body with her? For, as it is written, "The two will become one flesh."

The idea of "becoming one flesh", therefore, is to be understood on a physical level first and foremost, hence has no bearing on the appropriateness of Christian plural marriage.

2. In and is an example of how Paul teaches new Christians their new roles. By claiming that a marriage should resemble Christ's relationship to the church and rejecting the practical aspects that include plural marriage, the concept of marriage is spiritualized. Scripture on the other hand does not present marriage as a spiritual union in the first place, but as a practical tool to take dominion over the earth.

We find Jesus using similar language for God's relationship with His people and the marriage covenant when He calls idolatrous people "adulterous", as in or . Thus it becomes clear that comparing Christ and the church to the married couple would first and foremost point towards the faithfulness that Christ shows to His church and that the church is supposed to show to Him. The same faithfulness is expected of the married couple, and that has little or nothing to do with how many wives a man has, as long as he is faithful to them all, and they to him, for life.

ee also

*polygyny
*polyandry
*polygamy
*polyamory
*plural marriage

References

External links

* [http://biblicalfamilies.org Biblical Families]
* [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/christianpolygamy2/ Yahoo Group ]
* [http://www.blainerobison.com/concerns/polygamy.htm Research paper by Blaine Robison ]
* [http://www.christianpolygamy.com/ Christian Polygamy]
* [http://www.christianmarriage.com/ Christian Marriage]
* [http://www.truthbearer.org/ Truthbearer.org]
* [http://www.righteouswarriors.com/ Righteous Warriors]