to cooperate with God in the procreation and upbringing of new human lives. 3. The natural truth about marriage was confirmed by the Revelation contained in the biblical accounts of creation, an expression also of the original human wisdom, in which the voice of nature itself is heard. There are three fundamental elements of the Creator’s plan for marriage, as narrated in the Book of Genesis. In the first place, man, the image of God, was created “male and female” (Gen 1:27). Men and women are equal