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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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
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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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Does Swedenborg express in his writings anything concerning the life of the people in Eden?
I've lately been interested in the life of the people in Eden. According to Emanuel Swedenborg, how separated is it from the life we are living today? How did husbands and wives interact? What were ...
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Will a Greek Orthodox priest in America marry a couple who haven't civilly registered the marriage?
A senior citizen couple I know were married in a Greek Orthodox church ceremony without ever obtaining a marriage license. The priest agreed to do this. Is this allowed by the Church? I know several ...
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What do Jehovah's Witnesses teach about resurrection, marriage and reproducing on the paradise earth?
I realise that Jehovah's Witnesses believe there will be survivors from Armageddon who do not die and who will enter into the earthly kingdom. Then billions of dead people will be resurrected with ...
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Looking for the Source of a Teaching on Sexual Ethics from Benedict XVI or JP2
Years ago, I recall being taught that Benedict XVI once said that it was licit for a husband to perform cunnilingus on his wife in order to help her climax if she did not during the ordinary process ...
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Does the Bible provide an age of consent?
I was debating with my Muslim friend on the immorality of Mohammad marrying Aisesha at an incredibly young age (Sahih al-Bukhari 5134), in which he responded that nowhere in the Bible does it give an ...
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Can I be in a relationship with my Godfather’s daughter?
I’m a male that is part of a Catholic family and I’m wondering if I can be in a relationship with my Godfather’s daughter. Me and my Godfather or anyone of his side of his side of his family are not ...
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According to Catholic moral theologians, is it more conducive to the unbaptized's possible salvation to marry or remain single?
According to Catholic moral theologians, is it more conducive to the unbaptized's possible salvation to marry (other unbaptized) or remain single?
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What happens in heaven if you remarry?
Let me just pretext by saying I am not a Christian and everything I say is based on my limited knowledge as a non-christian. I am asking this question purely out of curiosity. Please correct me if ...
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Can a non virgin have a church wedding?
A friend of mine who is a Christian made a mistake and lost her virginity before marriage. According to the rules of the Assemblies of God denomination, can she still have a church wedding?
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Impact of Catholic Church Sanctions on Remarried Divorcees' Salvation?
Does the imposition of legal sanctions by the Catholic Church on divorced individuals who have remarried carry actual spiritual consequences in the context of their relationship with God, or is it ...
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Isn't churches charging for weddings simony?
My question is essentially identical to the one in the Reddit post "Simony and wedding fees", which has yielded no satisfactory answer.
Essentially, how are wedding fees charged by a church ...
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According to Christians who believe that God is a utilitarian, why is homosexuality suboptimal? [closed]
I'm addressing this question to Christians who believe that God is a utilitarian, that is, that God has designed His creation and attempts to guide His creatures with the aim of maximizing some divine ...
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Transfer from one Eastern Rite (Chaldean) to another Eastern Rite (Maronite)
I am baptised Maronite Catholic, and my partner is Chaldean Catholic.
My partner has never been a part of his Chaldean Church, never attended his church and has no involvement in his community. This ...
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According to Catholicism, why can unconsummated marriages be dissolved?
What is the philosophical/theological logic for why unconsummated (ratum tantum) sacramental marriages can be dissolved?
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How many wives can a Christian have?
How many wives can a Christian have is it allowed to have 4 or 3 wives? Can I have marriage of multiple women as a believing christian?
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What is the biblical basis for saying that Matthew 22:30 refers to all marriages ceasing at death?
At the resurrection people will neither marry nor be given in marriage; they will be like the angels in heaven. (Matthew 22:30, NIV)
I recently posed this verse as a question to Swedenborgians who ...
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Is John the Baptist a Christian Martyr? [closed]
Merriam-Webster defines martyr as "a person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion." John the Baptist did suffer death, the first ...
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Married saint who convinced spouse to enter religious life?
Was there ever a saint who, while living, convinced his or her spouse to enter religious life?
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Conjoined twins and marriage and sex
Abigail Loraine Hensel and Brittany Lee Hensel (born March 7, 1990) are American conjoined twins. They key thing here is that they (are female and) have '1 set of reproductive organs' unlike
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How do Swedenborgians understand Jesus' words on marriage in the resurrection in Matthew 22:30?
At the resurrection people will neither marry nor be given in marriage; they will be like the angels in heaven. (Matthew 22:30, NIV)
Jesus here seems to pretty clearly indicate that marriages from ...
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According to LDS, is the Apostle Paul wrong that remaining unmarried is spiritually better than being married?
Kingdoms of Glory contains the following which I have taken from the accepted answer to this question:
From another revelation to the Prophet Joseph, we learn that there are three degrees within the ...
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According to LDS can an unmarried person be exalted equally with a married person or at all?
From an LDS article on marriage:
The covenant of eternal marriage is necessary for exaltation. The Lord revealed through Joseph Smith: “In the celestial glory there are three heavens or degrees; and ...
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What Early Church Father taught that marriage is between a man and a woman?
It is very obvious that marriage biblically is defined as being between one men and women one (Genesis 2:23-24, Matthew 19:5-6, Mark 10:6-8, 1 Corinthians 7:2, Hebrews 17:4) but what Early Church ...
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Why does the marriage bond cease with death?
I know Jesus says marriage ends with death, but I don't understand WHY marriage ceases to exist with death. I prefer Catholic answers to this question.
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According to Mormon Church, can "co-parents-in-law" marry?
Same question as here but for Mormons/LDS. I don't see how a married couple's becoming step-siblings is any different from step-siblings' become a married couple. It's just a matter of which comes 1st....
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Do catholic rules apply to former catholics?
According to this article one is catholic if:
There are clear, classical and traditional requirements of being a
Catholic, most recently expressed by Pius XII. He states that the
members of the ...
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Can step-siblings marry in Catholicism?
(Ok this is gonna be weird but a cursory look doesn't turn up any credible sources.)
I'm asking because of my previous question: According to Catholicism, can "co-parents-in-law" marry?
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According to Eastern Orthodoxy, can "co-parents-in-law" marry?
Same question as here but for Eastern Orthodox. I don't see how a married couple's becoming step-siblings is any different from step-siblings' become a married couple.
Suppose Alice and Bob are widows ...
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According to Catholicism, can "co-parents-in-law" marry?
Same question as here but for Catholicism. I don't see how a married couple's becoming step-siblings is any different from step-siblings' become a married couple.
Suppose Alice and Bob are widows (or ...
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Remarriage of divorced, where adultery doesn't occur until after the divorce?
For convenience, assume that this also applies with the male/female roles reversed:
But I say to you that whoever divorces his wife for any reason except sexual immorality causes her to commit ...
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Biblical basis for treating a second marriage as sinful even in cases of adultery?
Matthew 19:9 (NIV)
I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another woman commits adultery.
Many Christians believe it is okay to remarry if a previous ...
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Can Catholics receive a canonically valid marriage after civil elopement?
Would it be legitimate in the eyes of the Church if two Catholics eloped civilly prior to receiving a Catholic wedding - then later enter in to a canonically valid marriage after the 8 month waiting/...
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What was the early church fathers view of interfaith marriage?
I am very opposed to interfaith marriage and believe interfaith marriage to be a fundamentally wrong view, but what was the Early Church Fathers view of interfaith marriage - ie a marriage between ...
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What was the Early Church's view of sexual immorality and sex outside of marriage?
What was the early church's perspective of sexual immorality and sex outside of marriage? I know the biblical perspective, but I am incredibly interested in how the early church fathers viewed this ...
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Are registers signed during a Convalidation ceremony
My husband is Roman Catholic and I m Pentecostal. We married under a lot of pressure with no family members present.
After much strife our families have agreed
We have been trying to book a notice of ...
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Is second marriage forgiven [closed]
If you were in the world and got married before you were saved, but you divorced because it just wasn’t a healthy relationship, and you divorced your partner without him knowing until later when you ...
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What is the role of a witness during wedding?
I'd like to know what the role is of a witness during wedding ceremony besides signing the wedding paperwork? Is there a spiritual duty of some kind?
A godparent or a confirmation sponsor has a role ...
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What does a returning Catholic who contracted marriage in a Protestant church need to do when the spouse wants to remain Protestant?
The Background
A baptized and confirmed Catholic married a Protestant in a Protestant church without permission. About the marriage:
The marriage covenant was made with the full understanding of ...
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Multiple marriages and divorces
I have been married 3 times and divorced twice. My 3rd husband died of cancer. All marriages were not in the Catholic Church. Now returning to my Catholic faith after 4 decades, am I allowed to ...
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Adam prophesied Christ & Church marriage?
Robert Grosseteste argues that Adam prophesied the mystical marriage of Christ with the Chirch in Genesis 2:24 and Ephesians 5:32 (Hunter, If Adam Had Not Sinned 2020, pp. 93-4):
Adam prophesied, ...
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Why is it okay for a married man to become a deacon, but not okay for a deacon to get married?
Can. 1042 The following are simply impeded from receiving orders:
1/ a man who has a wife, unless he is legitimately destined to the permanent diaconate;
Can. 1087 Those in sacred orders invalidly ...
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In the Latin Rite of the Catholic Church, if a man becomes a widower, can he become a priest?
If a husband man loses his wife to death, is it possible for him to become a Catholic priest in the Latin Rite? What about any children of this marriage union?
Can this man now become a priest in the ...
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Has any monk or nun ever left a monastery to be married to a king or queen?
Has any monk or nun in Church history ever left a monastery to be married to a king or queen?
St. Margaret of Hungary, according to Short Lives of the Dominican Saints p. 16, almost did:
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Can a declaration of nullity obtained by deception be valid?
The Council of Trent session 24 on matrimony says the Church can judge matrimonial cases:
Canon XII.—If any one saith, that matrimonial causes do not belong to ecclesiastical judges: let him be ...
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Mt. 18:5 or 19:14 to argue against contraception?
Have any Catholic theologians, Doctors, or Fathers of the Church used
Mt. 18:5he that shall receive one such little child in my name, receiveth me.
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Mt. 19:14Suffer the little children,...
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Does the Catholic Church have any explicit teaching on marital rape?
I am having a hard time trying to find anything explicit about catholic doctrine and marital rape.
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What does "quality" mean in canon 1098?
I was wondering about the definition of "quality" in canon 1098 of the Catholic Church's 1983 Code of Canon Law:
Can. 1098 A person contracts invalidly who enters into a marriage deceived ...
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Vatican documents on Pre-Cana?
My girlfriend and I are both Roman Catholics. I know that attending Pre-Cana (or pre-marriage counseling, as it is sometimes called) is a regular practice among Catholics. However I was wondering ...
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