Marital Debt: No Need for a Name Change
We need not fear the name “marital debt,” and there is good reason to keep it as it is.
We need not fear the name “marital debt,” and there is good reason to keep it as it is.
While the language of “marital debt” can turn the self-giving human relationship of marriage into a legalistic project of obedience, what is the proper approach to the marital relationship?
Few subjects raise such ire and disgust as the marital debt, but it is the teaching of the universal Church, and it does matter.
The trouble with discussions of marital debt is they overlook the larger context of human relationships that render the truth or falsity irrelevant.