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Family and Sanctity
What
do we understand by the phrase “the Sanctity of the
Family?” Surprisingly, the two words, family and
sanctity, are interrelated, especially the first to the
second. It seems the first without the second is a
non-vibrant entity, or an entity unknowing of its
identity. Such a characterization is valid, since the
word sanctity, or holiness, in either a religious
context or a popular context, cannot differ from the
meaning of the words “clean,” “pure,” “spotless,”
“sinless,” “humble,” and “righteous.” Each of these
words, separately, exerts a force that parallels that of
the word “sanctity.”
The structure of a family, in addition to having a
sociological character, also has a religious complexion,
because it has a telling influence on the birth and
upbringing of an individual . . .
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