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Called to give life, spouses share in the creative power and fatherhood of God. Cf. Eph 3:14; Mt 23:9. "Married couples should regard it as their proper mission to transmit human life and to educate their children; they should realize that they are thereby cooperating with the love of God the Creator and are, in a certain sense, its interpreters. They will fulfill this duty with a sense of human and Christian responsibility." GS 50 # 2.

Read the full chapter 2. You Shall Love Your Neighbor as Yourself ¶2196–2557

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