CATHOLIC FAMILY CRISIS IN INDIA

Abstract

1.1 The belief that marriage is between a man and a woman for the
creation and nurturing of new life for society is “written in the heart
of man”, is a “natural law”. About five thousand years ago, one
thousand years before Moses, before the advent of the first revealed
religion, Judaism, Hammurabi, the King of Babylonia gave his people
what was probably the first civil Code of Law binding on all people.
It was designed to maintain of law and order, to prevent oppression
or denial of rights, to support community life; remarkably, 65 out of
282 rules applying to marriage and family relationships and family
property. However, women and children were inferior to men, under
their protection; like property or merchandise, to be used or bought
and sold.