INTRODUCTION - 1
CHAPTER I: THE STATE OF SEPARATION AS A CONSEQUENCE OF THE CHRISTIC PROHIBITION OF SECOND MARRIAGE - 5
The prohibition of second marriages - 6
Origin of prohibition - 8
Two Fathers - 14
Fidelity to the unfaithful spouse - 37
Mistaken if meaningless praxis. - 48
CHAPTER II: THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STATE OF SEPARATION - 50
Limit-case and meaning - 51
Light to the mystery of marriage - 53
Illuminates the meaning of the bond - 61
Separation: a death experience - 70
Justice of affections highlighted - 75
Sign of Christ's spousal love - 79
The marriage bond enlightened - 83
Faithful separation and the Eucharist - 92
Some mysteries of Christ - 93
Eschatological fulfillment of hope - 95
Conclusion of Chapter II - 100
CHAPTER III: THE STATE OF SEPARATION AS CHARISMATIC GIFT - 102
The exaltation of a prophetic minority - 103
Faithful separation is a full marriage - 112
Model of heroic virtue, martyrdom, and the Eastern rite of coronation - 118
Antidote against the pitfalls of romantic love - 124
Excludes all presumption - 136
Jesus turns evil into good, death into life - 139