" ...he pointed out that this vow is the pledge that the husband will make love to his wife and not just use her for sex. H said that the vow expressed the idea that making love is an act of worship. The husband worships his wife with his body, by loving her and giving to her and moving with her toward ecstasy. "

― Sylvain Reynard , Gabriel's Inferno (Gabriel's Inferno, #1)