1607. According to faith the disorder we notice so painfully does not stem from the nature of man and woman, nor from the nature of their relations, but from sin. As a break with God, the first sin had for its first consequence the rupture of the original communion between man and woman. Their relations were distorted by mutual recriminations;96 their mutual attraction, the Creator’s own gift, changed into a relationship of domination and lust;97 and the beautiful vocation of man and woman to be fruitful, multiply, and subdue the earth was burdened by the pain of childbirth and the toil of work.98
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513. What is the meaning of work?
364. What is the relationship between freedom and responsibility?
478. What care must be given to the dying?
120. How is Jesus’ offering expressed at the Last Supper?
578. What is the origin of the Our Father?
220. In what does the sacramental economy consist?
Acesse nossos estudos biblicos:
What does Wisdom 8:7 teach us about wisdom as a source of virtue and honor?
What can we learn from Judith’s victory in Judith 16:1-3?
What is the example of perseverance in the faith that Paul set in 2 Timothy 4:7?
What is the responsibility of Christian leaders according to James 3:1-12?
What is the promise of the Messiah mentioned in Malachi 3:1-3?
