Questions tagged [family]
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What is the biblical basis for traditional family values? [closed]
Christianity and Christians themselves emphasis the importance of traditional Christian family values, but does the bible support the premise of traditional Christian family values? I will define ...
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How to find the articles from the XIV Ordinary General Assembly of Synod of Bishops (Synod of the Family) and the votes on them?
Frédéric Martel in his book In the Closet of the Vatican has the following remarks on the Synod of the Family:
In fact, a ‘liberal* majority emerged from the Synod, but the quorum
required for the ...
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What does Lev 18:18 "Rival Wife" Mean? [closed]
Leviticus 18:18:
Do not take your wife’s sister as a rival wife and have sexual relations with her while your wife is living.
I always wondered why it says it like this. Instead of, "do not marry ...
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Generational Curses vs Personal Resposibility [closed]
There are numerous passages that support the concept of generational curses - that children will be punished for the sins of their parents.
Exodus 20:5, Exodus 34:7, Numbers 14:18, Deuteronomy 5:9
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Will family members get to visit each other if separated into different kingdoms in heaven?
I have been told by my LDS bishop not to fear losing family members forever. I know that the family is very important to Heavenly Father and his Son, but how important is it really?
Will we get to ...
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Does God punish people for their ancestors' sins or not?
Exodus 20:5 (NASB) says,
You shall not worship [idols] or serve them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and the fourth ...
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Are there no families after this life? [duplicate]
Currently the Pope is hosting an interfaith conference in the Vatican about the sanctity of marriage. I have been listening somewhat to the different speakers. One in particular, Rev. Dr. Richard D. ...
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From a Catholic perspective, what do family relationships look like in heaven?
According to Matthew 22:30, people in heaven do not marry. What do the family relationships look like there? Will our relations to parents, kids, wives and husbands disappear?
The Catholic position ...
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How does the relationship compare between earthly children and spiritual children in LDS theology?
As I understand LDS teaching, a couple may have an eternal family with the children they produce here on earth. However, that couple may also attain godhood and then produce spiritual children for ...
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Does LDS teaching hold to a multi-universe theory or an infinite universe theory in order to account for the doctrine of eternal progression?
I recently read about the doctrine of eternal families in the LDS Church. As I understand it, the LDS church teaches that men on this planet have the potential to become gods themselves, who then ...
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What are the qualifications for becoming an eternal family according to LDS teaching?
I understand the LDS Church teaches the concept of an eternal family. I guess the husband and wife have to have been sealed for eternity in a Temple marriage, and, therefore, have to hold Temple ...
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How novel is John Paul II's theology of the family as "ecclesia domestica"?
The Second Vatican Council wrote in Lumen gentium 11 (English, Latin):
The family is, so to speak, the domestic church. In it parents should, by their word and example, be the first preachers of the ...
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How do married clergy (preachers) in Protestant denominations support their family?
In Roman Catholicism the clergy is predominantly celibate and hence there is no pressure of sustaining a family.
What exactly is the system in a Protestant clergy? Are they employed in a gainful ...
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Did Christ's original twelve apostles have families?
We know that Peter was married because Christ healed his mother-in-law. Do we know if he had children? Do we know whether any of the other apostles were married and if they had children?
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Why does the LDS church (Mormon) put so much more emphasis on the family than most other denominations do?
Why do Mormons put so much more emphasis on the family than most other denominations do? What about their doctrine causes this? Or is it more because of culture/tradition?
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