Expert: George A. Card,sfo, M.I - 1/2/2011

Question
Ok, I was searching for opinions on the credibility of the Book of Enoch when i saw an answer on this site that disputed it based on the fact that there will be no marriage in heaven, saying in turn that is where some of the mormon beliefs come from.  That being said, unless i am not reading the actual text of the Book of Enoch, it doesn't say anything about there being marriage in heaven but that 200 of the angelic hosts came here to take wives and taught them sorcery and things of that nature.  They in turn had children that were "giants", and passed on their knowledge to them.  After some time they eventually turned the world to crap basically, and the souls of those that were killed by them cried out and was heard in heaven.  From what I'm reading it says nothing of marriage in heaven only that angels came here to marry.  Another thing that was said in the answer i read was the purpose of marriage was for two ppl to raise a child, with that in mind, what of Solomon that had so many wives?  That in a way denounces the credibility of the answer that marriage is for us to raise a child, because no one with that many wives could raise children properly.  The former being the question of importance to me.  Thank you for your time.

Answer


Peace
   There are a few books called Enoch. They most date to two hundred years after the writings of the New Testament. Some perhaps before Christ.  Catholics do not except them as Sacred Scripture. They were were by a Gnostic sect. However some scholars believe St Jude, who wrote the book in the New Testament that bears his name, uses a story from it to make a point. See below:

1:9 But Michael, the archangel, when contending with the devil and arguing about the body of Moses, dared not bring against him an abusive condemnation, but said, “May the Lord rebuke you!”

                                your servant but Christ's
                                         George