# First Hevetic Confession
Article 28 - Of Holy Matrimony
Marriage, which is divinely instituted for men who are fit for it, and who are not otherwise called to live celibately, we also consider to be not be contrary to holy orders. As the church inaugurates and sanctifies by exhortation and prayer, so it is the interest of the magistrates, that it should be dignified and honoured, and that it should not be ended except for just causes.

Accordingly, we reject monastic celibacy and the impure chastity of those people (whom they call spiritual), and this whole cowardly way of life. It is an abominable opinion of superstitious men, equally repugnant to the church and the republic.

[Matthew 5](/get-passage/Matthew+5); [Matthew 19](/get-passage/Matthew+19); [1 Corinthians 7](/get-passage/1+Corinthians+7); [2 Thessalonians 3](/get-passage/2+Thessalonians+3); [1 Timothy 3](/get-passage/1+Timothy+3); [1 Timothy 4](/get-passage/1+Timothy+4); [Hebrews 13](/get-passage/Hebrews+13).