Finally, it is Paul who writes
of marriage as a true sacrament
the sign of the conjugal union
of Christ and his Bride,
the Church.
Ephesians 5:21-32
Be subordinate to one another out of reverence for
Christ. Wives should
be subordinate to their husbands
as to the Lord. For the husband is head of his wife just
as Christ is head of the church, he himself the savior of
the body. As the church is subordinate to Christ, so
wives should be subordinate to their husbands in
everything. Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ
loved the church and handed himself over for her to
sanctify her, cleansing her by the bath of water with
the word, that he might present to himself the church in
splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing,
that she might be holy and without blemish.