One of Martin Luther's main themes is authority, authority of parents, of husband, of law, and of scripture. His concept of authority is that parents should not overextend their authority when it comes to forcing an engagement. They should not force a daughter to go into a marriage that they will not be happy with; he stated that this is not right in the sight of God, that it is not what God wants. Martin …showed first 75 words of 521 total…

…showed last 75 words of 521 total…of the Roman church because the restrictions on engagement more open, they were not so strict. The selection stresses that a woman submit to her husband, for example, if she was previously married, she cannot ask certain things from her husband, she can not ask of him favors. Luther helps us to understand the European patriarchy in a sense that it is strict, word travels fast, and if you do something wrong, everyone will know.