Abstract
The contemporary crisis of marriage and the family, manifesting itself in the instability of marriages, as well as the avoidance of their legalization is its announcement in the first chapters of Genesis. Just as it contained in their belief in the possibility of overcoming any crisis, on the unity and indissolubility of marriage. The basis, however, this must be ontological dimension, crucial for proper understanding of the human being by the special nature of the relationship of man to woman. Because at this level it has been distorted, and even broken by sin, also in this dimension opens up to the redemption. The unity of the spouses is not only the result of God’s creative activity, but also an image of His essence and image of the covenant concluded by God with man. This leads to the fullness of the Covenant – in the same sense complementing the unity of marriage – Jesus Christ in the Paschal Mystery. Contained in this way it enriches the New Covenant marriage, strengthening the unity proper to him, through Jesus Christ revealed in the mystery of the Trinity. Taking upon Himself human nature of the Son of God, also remaining in communion with the Father, determines the unity of man and woman the way for the unity of the right People of God. The fully realize it in eschatology. However, already in the temporal unity of the spouses may be a way for the revelation of God the mystery of his inner life. Like the marriage, Christian is an image of Christ’s love for the Church.