Read the whole thing, but it is always interesting to find one's name in a church document:
“To enlighten our pastoral discernment, we must allow ourselves to be challenged by the Word of God. It does not give us ready-made answers, but it does inspire us,” the document said, noting the numerous examples of polygamy within the Old Testament.
“Nevertheless,” the document concluded, “despite this strong tendency towards polygamy, monogamy is exalted.”
“God created man and woman, Adam and Eve. This parable of creation has paradigmatic value” it said. “Moreover, the patriarchs of the line of Seth are monogamous,” it observes, and “the preaching of the prophets leads to an ever-increasing respect for women, symbolizing the people in their relationship with God. Biblical law guarantees their promotion.”
“Finally,” the document notes, “the theology of the Covenant exalts the figure of monogamous marriage: Israel is the unique spouse of the One God.”
“In conclusion to this listening to the biblical experience, it emerges that God the Father is a teacher who gradually educates his children,” said the text.
“This is the case with marriage and its different forms. He allowed polygamy to continue for centuries. But, in his Son, he shows that polygamy is not the ideal of the couple wanted by God. In the spirit of the Matthewian antitheses, Jesus recalls the ideal of monogamous marriage wanted by the Creator: one man and one woman.”
https://www.pillarcatholic.com/p/what-does-the-african-bishops-draft
One Man, One Woman-- this is the consistent teaching across continents, no matter how a culture is striving to disrupt God's plan for the dignity of the marital act.
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