Questions tagged [marriage]
Use this tag for questions about attitudes and doctrines regarding marriage. For questions relating specifically to same-sex marriage and polygamy, use the appropriate tags.
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Is it okay to kneel to propose to a woman?
I usually try to be very careful when kneeling down for things as I know the LORD only wants us to worship him and him alone.
Now I love this woman I have been in a relationship with. I would like to ...
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How many Married Bishops at Nicea?
Do we have any indication from original sources, or secondary sources, how many of the Bishops who participated at Nicaea I were married?
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Do marriages have their own guardian angel?
Societies (churches, cities, nations) have guardian angels, but does every marriage or family have its own guardian angel? Marriages and families are societies, too.
Has any Catholic angelologist (...
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Can continuous sinning be forgiven?
As far as I have understood, God can forgive all sins (Romans 5:8, 1 John 1:9), least blasphemy against the Holy Spirit (Mark 3:28-29), and that we are not to judge (Matthew 7:1, Luke 6:37, John 7:24) ...
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Why is Boaz's marrying a Moabitess accepted when later it was found necessary for Ezra to break up such a marriage?
Ezra's Drastic Divorces In the book of Ezra (ch. 9 and 10) we learn of Ezra being extremely agitated at the intermarriage of Jews with...Moabites.
When I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my ...
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Are there any denominations that teach a complementarian view of heterosexual marriage, and also recognize same-sex marriages?
Are there any Christian denominations that teach a complementarian view of opposite-sex marriages (the husband should lead and the wife should submit), while also recognizing same-sex marriages? If so,...
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Can the Catholic Church err on particular grounds for an annulment in a marriage? [duplicate]
In session 24 of the Council of Trent, Canon IV, the Church teaches that "If any one saith, that the Church could not establish impediments dissolving marriage; or that she has erred in ...
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Where does Chesterton mention that popular culture suggests an innate understanding of sexual fidelity
In Mere Christianity, in the chapter on Christian Marriage, CS Lewis says,
"As Chesterton pointed out, those who are in love have a natural
inclination to bind themselves by promises. Love songs ...
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Why did God institute marriage at Creation if Jesus states that there is none at the resurrection?
If Creation as it was made was good in God's eyes before the Fall, and in the New Heaven and New Earth in Revelation restores Creation to what God intended it to be, but marriage is not part of the ...
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Does the sacrament of marriage presume a desire for children?
So I heard priests literally claiming: "A marriage entered with no desire to have children is invalid."
Of course, we all know that in the ceremony, the couple is asked: "Are you ...
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Jacobite girl and Catholic Boy (Syro-Malabar) marriage and inter-liturgy (Can we have Syro-Malankara mass in Syro-Malabar church)
I was thinking about the marriage between a Syro-Malabar boy and a Jacobite girl.
I know there are norms and rules about marriage between people from both churches and it is allowed. But the girl has ...
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What is the earliest canon law reference that contraceptive intercourse does not consummate a marriage?
What is the earliest canon law reference that contraceptive intercourse does not consummate a marriage?
Fr. Hardon, S.J., defines "consummated marriage" as
A marriage in which after the ...
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Is a Catholic marriage valid if one or both spouses are in a state of mortal sin at the wedding?
Suppose Alice and Bob are both Catholics, and they are getting married. If one of them has committed a mortal sin and has not been to Confession at the time of the wedding, is their marriage valid?
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Did Paul give authority over fathers to decide on their marriage?
1 Corinthians 7:36-38 says:
But if any man thinks he is behaving improperly toward his virgin, if
she is past the flower of youth, and thus it must be, let him do what
he wishes. He does not sin; let ...
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Do Catholics Recognize Second Eastern Orthodox Marriages as Valid?
It is my understanding that the Eastern Orthodox can get married a second time after a separation when their first wife is still living. It is also my understanding that Catholics do not permit this ...
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