@inbook{10.2307/j.ctt130h98m.12, ISBN = {9780813226859}, URL = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt130h98m.12}, abstract = {In the previous chapter we sought to place the doctrinal issue of indissolubility within a positive pastoral perspective. Now we return to a more dominantly theological note, examining some aspects of the thought of St. Augustine, who might well be considered the first theologian of marriage. How would St. Augustine react if he returned to the world at the start of the third millennium and had to evaluate the modern attitude toward marriage and toward human sexuality? I believe that (with surprise, or perhaps without it) he would identify two phenomena that he experienced in his own time (even if}, author = {Janet Smith}, bookauthor = {Cormac Burke}, booktitle = {The Theology of Marriage}, pages = {125--163}, publisher = {Catholic University of America Press}, title = {The “Good” and the “Bad” in Marriage according to St. Augustine}, year = {2015} }