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Forgiveness in Marriage

  • Journal of Counseling and Gospel
  • Abbr : Jocag
  • 2008, 10(), pp.37-66
  • DOI : 10.17841/jocag.2008.10..37
  • Publisher : Korean Evangelical Counseling Society
  • Research Area : Humanities > Christian Theology > Pastoral Counseling
  • Received : March 30, 2008
  • Accepted : May 10, 2008

Ahn, Kyung Seung 1

1아세아연합신학대학교

ABSTRACT

This paper begins with several biblical passages which deal with principles for marriage. What we find in the Bible is the use of marriage as a paradigm or model for understanding and insight about relationship between God and his people. According to his principles, the reality of a reconciled marriage of man and woman in Christ depends on the gifts of divine forgiveness and human forgiveness. Then, this paper reviews the literatures addressing forgiveness as a therapeutic issue. Techniques and processes of forgiveness are summarized for finding the important characters in marriage. Mature forgivers are characterized by two primary virtues: humility and empathy. Narcissism and shame are the natural barriers to empathy and humility. The spouses need healing from false or undeserved shame, not only from narcissism and guilt. Forgiveness is described as requiring empathy for the offender, and humility to see oneself as being as fallible and needy as the offender.

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