Affair Quote by Thomas Malthus

“By this principle (tithing) the loyalty of the people of this Church shall be put to the test. By this principle it shall be…

— Joseph F Smith

“(5.) The working of the Romish system of celibacy, voluntary poverty, and monastic vows, has produced such fruits as prove the principle on which…

— Archibald Alexander Hodge

“We should not manifest surprise at any sort of condition into which we are born, and which should be lamented by no one, simply…

— Seneca

Let a widow be enrolled if she is not less than sixty years of age, having been the wife of one husband, 10 and…

— Bible

“If every marriage placed value on holiness, the following would be present: Confession and ownership of the problems in each individual A relentless drive…

— Henry Cloud

“The bulk of the population of every country is persuaded that all marriage customs other than its own are immoral, and that those who…

— Bertrand Russell

In this context, the church supports and favors every effort today to seek the full development of the personality of all human beings, and…

— Claudio Hummes

The Church has always advised against birth control and that is the only position the Church can take in view of our beliefs with…

— Hugh B. Brown

“we can use marriage for the same purpose—to grow in our service, obedience, character, pursuit, and love of God.”

— Gary L. Thomas

It is not from reason and prudence that people marry, but from inclination.

— Samuel Johnson

How deep a wound to morals and social purity has that accursed article of the celibacy of the clergy been! Even the best and…

— Samuel Taylor Coleridge

“the age in which the Romish Church had made marriage a legalized tyranny, and the laity, by a natural and pardonable revulsion, had exalted…

— Charles Kingsley