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	Christian view of marriage - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Christian marriage is seen by Saint Paul (especially Ephesians chapter 5) as paralleling the relationship between Christ and the Church, a theological view which is a development of the Old Testament view that saw a parallel between marriage and the relationship between God and Israel.
		Marriage forms the foundation of the family, the fundamental unit of the referring community (ordinarily the parish).
		The primary purpose of marriage is to fulfill a vocation in the nature of man and woman, for the procreation and education of children, and to stand as a symbol of the mystical union between Christ and his Church.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Christian_view_of_marriage (1933 words)

	Religious aspects of marriage - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In virtually all religions, marriage is a long-term union between two people and is established with ceremonies and rituals.
		Most Christian churches give some form of blessing to a marriage; the wedding ceremony typically includes some sort of pledge by the community to support the couple's relationship.
		By contrast, Buddhism does not encourage or discourage marriage, although it does teach how one might live a happily married life and emphasizes that married vows are not to be taken slightly (see separate article for details).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Religious_aspects_of_marriage (416 words)

	Christian Marriage
		Marriage, according to Ephesians 5, is to be a mirror which reflects the love of Christ for the church and the love which the church has for Christ.
		God clearly lays down that marriage is between one man and one woman, and that the marriage partners are to leave the closest of family ties, that of parent and child, in order that a man might cleave unto his wife, and enter into the closest possible intimacy with her.
		"Marriage was ordained for the mutual help of husband and wife; for the increase of mankind with a legitimate issue, and of the church with an holy seed; and for preventing of uncleanness." After companionship, the main purpose of marriage is for the procreation of children.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /haylett/fm/fm06_marriage.html (2813 words)

	Christian Century: Marriage After Modernity: Christian Marriage in Postmodern Times. - Review - book review
		Thatcher has constructed a systematic Christian vision of marriage that is substantive, provocative and eminently clear-sighted--a vision that prods us to reexamine the entrenched assumptions of modernity that have led to the current crisis of marriage.
		The novelty and power of Thatcher's accomplishment is evident, first of all, in his central thesis that the core of Christian marriage should lie in the partners' "mutually administered sacrament." An Anglican theologian, Thatcher converts the Catholic notion of sacrament into a Protestant framework where it does not imply indissolubility.
		Instead, he argues that marriage should be viewed as a sacrament in the sense that it expresses "divine love." Divine love is realized in marriage in "generous, committed, human love," and the core purpose of marriage is to live out this sacred bond.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1058/is_30_117/ai_67151486 (1307 words)

	Cohabitation or marriage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Marriage is said to be restrictive and oppressive, limiting the freedom of individuals to express themselves.
		Marriage is the institution established by God for the fulfilment of the command to be fruitful and for the purpose of companionship between men and women.
		Having children is one of the main purposes of marriage and husband and wife readily accept that their sexual relationship may lead to the birth of children, thereby enlarging their family.
	www.belmonthouse.co.uk /cohabitation.htm (5003 words)

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		The alterative view, that marriage is entered into in stages, renders superfluous those easy temporal distinctions between "before" and "after" provided by the identification between the beginning of a marriage with a wedding.
		This view combined the emphasis in Roman law on marriage being defined by mutual consent, together with the biblical emphasis on marriage as a "one flesh" unity of partners.
		The term "processual marriage" is sometimes used to describe these arrangements, that is, "where the formation of marriage was regarded as a process rather than a clearly defined rite of passage" (S. Parker Informal Marriage, Cohabitation and the Law, 1750-1989).
	thewitness.org /archive/april2000/marriage.html (1593 words)

	Ecumenical Initiative: A Christian Declaration on Marriage
		The declaration, which affirmed the Christian view of marriage, was signed by representatives of the Catholic Church, the National Council of Churches (NCC), the Southern Baptist Convention, and the National Association of Evangelicals.
		The interdependence of healthy Christian community is clearly exemplified in loving one another (John 13:34), forgiving one another (Ephesians 4:32), confessing to one another (James 5:16), and submitting to one another (Ephesians 5:21).
		We believe that when a marriage is true to God's loving design it brings spiritual, physical, emotional, economic, and social benefits not only to a couple and family but also to the Church and to the wider culture.
	www.wf-f.org /christianmarriage.html (852 words)

	Catholic Insight : Family : The abolition of marriage
		Needless to say, this view, that excludes any gender requirement, would include a mother who is functionally interdependent with her son or daughter.
		Marriage is not a menu for sexual lifestyles, a vehicle for the delivery of government benefits, a way of gaining self-esteem, a political advantage for oppressed special interest groups, an artifact of law, a sociological experiment, or a mechanism for securing social respectability.
		Real marriage is and always will be a two-in-oneflesh union between a man and a woman who are committed to each other in love and for life, and who are open to the blessing of children whom they are prepared to love and educate to the best of their abilities.
	www.catholicinsight.com /online/church/family/marriage.shtml (1077 words)

	Michael G. Lawler: Christian Marriage and Christian Ministry
		All Christians are called to, and in baptism are anointed for, the imitation of the Christ who came "not to be served but to serve" (Mark 10:45).
		For authentic Christian spouses, Christian marriage is always a challenge to which they are called to respond as followers of the Christ who is for them the prophetic symbol of God.
		Every Christian is called to, and in baptism is anointed for, the imitation of the Christ who proclaimed that he came "not to be served but to serve" (Mark 10:45), and who instructed his disciples that the way to become first in the kingdom of God is to be the servant of all (Mark 9:35).
	www.spiritualitytoday.org /spir2day/884024lawler.html (3333 words)

	Pope Leo XIII 10 February 1880 On Christian Marriage.
		Marriage has God for its Author, and was from the very beginning a kind of foreshadowing of the Incarnation of His Son; and therefore there abides in it a something holy and religious; not extraneous, but innate; not derived from men, but implanted by nature.
		Marriage, moreover, is a sacrament, because it is a holy sign which gives grace, showing forth an image of the mystical nuptials of Christ with the Church.
		Wherefore she makes no decrees in relation to marriage without having regard to the state of the body politic and the condition of the general public; and has besides more than once mitigated, as far as possible, the enactments of her own laws when there were just and weighty reasons.
	www.ewtn.com /library/ENCYC/L13CMR.HTM (4398 words)

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		Christian marriage goes beyond the coupling of bodies: it aspires to the coupling of souls.
		Christian marriage is not just a contract between two parties whereby each person continues to follow his or her own ego.
		The annulment of marriage is a sound principle as there has to be basic elements to guarantee a sound marriage, such as full physical and mental maturity...
	www.youthbishopric.com /library/ArticlesLibrary/English/46.htm (1572 words)

	Mock Trial ~ View topic - [split] Gay Marriage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Marriage is a fancy word for contract and was, again until pretty much the Industrial Revolution, a public policy tool to ensure lines of inheritance.
		The reason marriage is so tied to religion is because, again until recently, the head of the state was also the head of the church.
		Either same-sex marriages should be legally recognized by the state, or the state should get the hell out of the business of recognizing marriages at all.
	www.perjuries.com /bbs/viewtopic.php?t=2407 (4567 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search View - Encyclopedia
		The systematic use of cross-references, enabling the reader to obtain a connected view of general subjects, was a particularly valuable contribution.
		The Encyclopédie presented definite philosophical views and was considered radical by conservative elements of society, who subjected it to condemnation and its editor to persecution.
		Those who were associated with it or accepted its views became identified as Encyclopedists, a term that denoted a definite social philosophy and defined a movement.
	encarta.msn.com /text_761551647__1/Encyclopedia.html (3984 words)

	Christian Marriage Relationships Society
		Christian marriage conference scheduled in MarchCape Gazette, DE - Feb 16, 2006...
		Dave and Jan Stoop of the Marriage and Family Network, a division of the American Association of Christian Counsel-ors, will be the presenters for the...
		When the (civil) legal bond is removed or the subjective emotion dies, the objective bond of Christian marriage still remains.
	www.iaswww.com /ODP/Society/Relationships/Marriage/Christian (593 words)

	Pius XI, Casti Connubii (31/12/1930)
		They then add that the marriage contract is to be freed from any indissoluble bond, and that separation and divorce are not only to be tolerated but sanctioned by the law; from which it follows finally that, robbed of all its holiness, matrimony should be enumerated amongst the secular and civil institutions.
		This religious character of marriage, its sublime signification of grace and the union between Christ and the Church, evidently requires that those about to marry should show a holy reverence towards it, and zealously endeavor to make their marriage approach as nearly as possible to the archetype of Christ and the Church.
		Whenever the marriage bond remains intact, then we find marriages contracted with a sense of safety and security, while, when separations are considered and the dangers of divorce are present, the marriage contract itself becomes insecure, or at least gives ground for anxiety and surprises.
	www.vatican.va /holy_father/pius_xi/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-xi_enc_31121930_casti-connubii_en.html (6286 words)

	Marriage
		We shall study Christian marriage as an example of the effects of religion on the everyday life of its adherents and on society.
		We are studying marriage in the social dimension, because stable marriages and stable families are the basis of a stable society.
		Marriage is a picture of the relationship between Christ and his "bride" the church.
	www.seymour.sa.edu.au /religion_studies/marry.htm (1692 words)

	Christian Century: Sex and Love in the Home. - A Daring Promise: A Spirituality of Christian Marriage by Richard R. ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		McCarthy enriches Christian views of marriage by placing marriage in its broader social context, while Gaillardetz traces and deepens marriage's roots in Christian doctrines of conversion and the trinity.
		McCarthy, who teaches theology at Maryland's Mount St. Mary's College, argues that Christian theologies of marriage are all too prone to bless romanticism under the guise of promoting a high view of marriage.
		Perhaps Christians would be more content in their marriages if their view of marriage was less influenced by the surrounding culture and more informed by Christian theology and social teaching.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1058/is_15_119/ai_90190887 (934 words)

	Is Legally Legitimized Homosexual Marriage Fair? - (challenges lib doctrine of "fairness")
		Historically, our society has accepted the traditional Judeo-Christian view of marriage as an institution based on a permanent covenant of exclusive commitment between a man and a woman, ordained by God to be the foundation of the family.
		Traditional marriage is a relationship that can reasonably be expected, in the natural course of things, to produce children who will then be raised in the nuclear family that flows from that marriage.
		As a Christian, I have many other reasons for wanting the state to maintain the traditional view of marriage, some of which are in my mind more important by far than the one I have given here.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1392623/posts (1433 words)

	Why We Need A New Language for Talking about Marriage and Sexuality
		Marriage is the original expression of the gift, forming what John Paul II calls the first communion of persons.
		When a couple has sex outside of marriage, engages in sex solely for individual pleasure, or withholds the gift of fertility from the act of sexual intercourse, then they are not giving themselves completely to each other as a gift.
		Mary Shivanandan, STD, is a professor at the John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and the Family in Washington, DC, author of Crossing the Threshold of Love: A New Vision of Marriage in Light of John Paul II's Anthropology, and serves as a national Advisory Board member of Women Affirming Life.
	www.affirmlife.com /page.cfm?Web_ID=1 (743 words)

	Christian View on Gay Marriage
		On February 12, in brazen defiance of the Christian Coalition, God, and the Governator, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom permitted gays and lesbians to obtain marriage licenses, Two elderly lesbians, who had lived together for 51 years, became the first same-sex couple to get married.
		Certainly if God wished to take a stand on gay marriage, He had the perfect media event After all, the NBA was in town for the entire three-day weekend.
		Perhaps, too, God is more disturbed by the way so-called Christians condone economic policies which seem engineered to make the rich richer and the poor poorer.
	www.democracymeansyou.com /columns/christian-gay-marriage.htm (641 words)

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		Lent is one of the oldest observations on the Christian calendar.
		Like all Christian holy days and holidays, it has changed over the years, but its purpose has always been the same: self-examination and penitence, demonstrated by self-denial, in preparation for Easter.
	christianitytoday.com (570 words)

	How do different Christian denominations view marriage and divorce? : Christian beliefs information from Answerbag
		I'll leave it to others to speak for their own denominations, but Latter-day Saints (Mormons) see marriage as an institution that is supposed to continue into the next life.
		Because of our view of the eternal nature of the family, we believe in emphasizing the importance of making the right decision up front and then trying to work through problems as they come.
		That's what they mean in the marriage vows, "Till death do us part." You're supposed to be with your husband/wife until one of them die.
	www.answerbag.com /q_view.php/11857 (474 words)

	Classical Values :: January 2004 Archives
		This latter view is agreed upon by most of the early jurists from the pure analogy of the stoning of the people of Lot (with stones from Heaven).
		In view of the decline in circumcision rates coupled with the apparent decline in standards of sexual "morality", couldn't Dalrymple and others argue that there is a statistical correlation between the decline in male circumcision and the decline of public morality?
		He left the Christian structure as it was, a typical Byzantine "basilica" structure with a row of Pillars on either side of the rectangular "ship" in the center.
	www.classicalvalues.com /archives/2004_01.html (15700 words)

	Canadian Same-Sex ‘Marriage’ News Briefs - special Ontario events Saturday and Monday
		Charles McVety, spokesman for defendMarriage, says "marriage is under attack with Bill-C-38 that is attempting to redefine the foundation of civilization.
		There was an (almost) unanimous show of support for the traditional definition of marriage.
		View All Stories for Thursday February 17, 2005
	www.lifesite.net /ldn/2005/feb/05021713.html (624 words)

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