When did monogamy become the norm for Christians, and is there a basis for it in the scriptures?
Answers: I think you should read Genesis, God made Eve for Adan, not a bunch of Eves, if you read the bible you will find that the ones who weren´t monogamous were the kings, but most of them are, look Abraham and Sara, Joseph and Mary, let me look for the actual scripture and I tell you later.
good question i've always wonder that myself the wises man in the bible solomon had many wives...
I guess I'm just dumb
When Jesus said it was to be that way in the new testiment. There were too many conflicts with haveing it any other way. Read the entire new testiment of the bible and you will learn the basis of it.
I comes from a time when women were plentiful and society wanted to make sure that guys didn't just run off and leave children and mothers without support.
I don't know what happened between then and now.
sorry Jacquie - Abraham wasn't monogamous he had concubines
The clearest evidence that monogamy is God’s ideal is from Christ’s teaching on marriage in Matt. 19:3–6. In this passage, He cited the Genesis creation account, in particular Gen. 1:27 and 2:24, saying ‘the two will become one flesh’, not more than two.
Another important biblical teaching is the parallel of husband and wife with Christ and the Church in Eph. 5:22–33, which makes sense only with monogamy — Jesus will not have multiple brides.
The 10th Commandment ‘… You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife [singular] …’ (Exodus 20:17) also presupposes the ideal that there is only one wife. Polygamy is expressly forbidden for church elders (1 Tim. 3:2). And this is not just for elders, because Paul also wrote: ‘each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband.’ Paul goes on to explain marital duties in terms that make sense only with one husband to one wife.
The example of godly people is also important. Isaac and Rebekah were monogamous — they are often used as a model in Jewish weddings today. Other examples were Joseph and Asenath, and Moses and Zipporah. And the only survivors of the Flood were four monogamous couples.
It wasnt until the new covenant (new testament) when God said man shall have only one wife. There were a few ppl in the old testament who had a few wives.
Multiple wives used to be a practical solution. If your brother died you married his widow so that she could survive. Women we not allowed to own property, homes, animals etc. So a man had to care for her. This is obviously not necessary now.
Its also to keep in mind that the Bible is a snapshot of a period of important history. One thing that didn't exist was a lot of high end medical technology in those days. People DIED from STD's like syphilis and gonorrhea. If a virgin married a celibate man and focused only on each other sexually there was no chance of contracted illness. Plus the mental well being of a close marriage always beats a double sneaky lifestyle. Now add in the social and cultural beliefs of the times like mens place vs. womens and it all had to mesh. One can't help but wonder if the depiction of the great flood or Sodom and Gommorrah weren't just symbolic representations of real-life tragedies that presented in those days. Also refer to the Sermon on the Mount for other references. I had 12 years of Catholic school. This stuff was pounded into my head by priests and nuns alike. God Bless. Stew
first off in the old scripture abraham, jacob and isaac all had multiple wives - very few animals are truly monogomous - lions, dogs, etc... - and humans are animals no matter how you look at it -
Monogamy become norm for Christians at the middle aged. Many wrongs happen between many fellowships and went important forbidden poligamy. And also too never went accepted poligamy after Jesus because he were always accord respect monogamy
It has always been 1 man 1 woman never 2. The bible said in genesis that the man will leave his parents and cling to his wife (not wives) and the 2 shall become 1.
Monogamy has always been God will for everyone. However, you must understand that when God said , Be fruitful and multiply and replenished the earth. He only allowed man to have more than one woman during those times. Even back then the man still had only one wife and the other women were referred to as the husbands concubine.
hummmmmmmm NOAH boy that guy had it nice how many wives did he have dang i cant count that hi
i am not sure that monogamy has EVER been the norm for ANYBODY. it's a good value, but actual behavior has always fallen far short.
the 7th commandment, proscribing adultery, implies the importance of monogamy as a value in the OT. there was
plenty of adultery in the OT, famously David and Batsheba.
all this predates christianity.
there are some guidelines for marriage in the NT, but nothing addressing monogamy in any novel way.
good question i've always wonder that myself the wises man in the bible solomon had many wives...
I guess I'm just dumb
When Jesus said it was to be that way in the new testiment. There were too many conflicts with haveing it any other way. Read the entire new testiment of the bible and you will learn the basis of it.
I comes from a time when women were plentiful and society wanted to make sure that guys didn't just run off and leave children and mothers without support.
I don't know what happened between then and now.
sorry Jacquie - Abraham wasn't monogamous he had concubines
The clearest evidence that monogamy is God’s ideal is from Christ’s teaching on marriage in Matt. 19:3–6. In this passage, He cited the Genesis creation account, in particular Gen. 1:27 and 2:24, saying ‘the two will become one flesh’, not more than two.
Another important biblical teaching is the parallel of husband and wife with Christ and the Church in Eph. 5:22–33, which makes sense only with monogamy — Jesus will not have multiple brides.
The 10th Commandment ‘… You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife [singular] …’ (Exodus 20:17) also presupposes the ideal that there is only one wife. Polygamy is expressly forbidden for church elders (1 Tim. 3:2). And this is not just for elders, because Paul also wrote: ‘each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband.’ Paul goes on to explain marital duties in terms that make sense only with one husband to one wife.
The example of godly people is also important. Isaac and Rebekah were monogamous — they are often used as a model in Jewish weddings today. Other examples were Joseph and Asenath, and Moses and Zipporah. And the only survivors of the Flood were four monogamous couples.
It wasnt until the new covenant (new testament) when God said man shall have only one wife. There were a few ppl in the old testament who had a few wives.
Multiple wives used to be a practical solution. If your brother died you married his widow so that she could survive. Women we not allowed to own property, homes, animals etc. So a man had to care for her. This is obviously not necessary now.
Its also to keep in mind that the Bible is a snapshot of a period of important history. One thing that didn't exist was a lot of high end medical technology in those days. People DIED from STD's like syphilis and gonorrhea. If a virgin married a celibate man and focused only on each other sexually there was no chance of contracted illness. Plus the mental well being of a close marriage always beats a double sneaky lifestyle. Now add in the social and cultural beliefs of the times like mens place vs. womens and it all had to mesh. One can't help but wonder if the depiction of the great flood or Sodom and Gommorrah weren't just symbolic representations of real-life tragedies that presented in those days. Also refer to the Sermon on the Mount for other references. I had 12 years of Catholic school. This stuff was pounded into my head by priests and nuns alike. God Bless. Stew
first off in the old scripture abraham, jacob and isaac all had multiple wives - very few animals are truly monogomous - lions, dogs, etc... - and humans are animals no matter how you look at it -
Monogamy become norm for Christians at the middle aged. Many wrongs happen between many fellowships and went important forbidden poligamy. And also too never went accepted poligamy after Jesus because he were always accord respect monogamy
It has always been 1 man 1 woman never 2. The bible said in genesis that the man will leave his parents and cling to his wife (not wives) and the 2 shall become 1.
Monogamy has always been God will for everyone. However, you must understand that when God said , Be fruitful and multiply and replenished the earth. He only allowed man to have more than one woman during those times. Even back then the man still had only one wife and the other women were referred to as the husbands concubine.
hummmmmmmm NOAH boy that guy had it nice how many wives did he have dang i cant count that hi
i am not sure that monogamy has EVER been the norm for ANYBODY. it's a good value, but actual behavior has always fallen far short.
the 7th commandment, proscribing adultery, implies the importance of monogamy as a value in the OT. there was
plenty of adultery in the OT, famously David and Batsheba.
all this predates christianity.
there are some guidelines for marriage in the NT, but nothing addressing monogamy in any novel way.
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