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6 Cards in this Set
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the path to marriage
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recently many people believe that cohabitation (living together) is just "common sense." it helps the couple train for marriage and it avoids the mistake of marrying the wrong person.
- research indicates that couples who have not lived together in a trial marriage have higher marital adjustment scored one year after marriage as opposed to couples who had lived together before they were mattied |
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definition of marriage
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- Catholic Church defines a true marriage as a permanent and faithful love bond made freely
- it is a deliberate choice and promise by two people for each other over any and all others 1 the church does not recognize marriages I to which couples are somehow pressured or coerced against their will -catholic tradition - has always taken the permanence of marriage seriously - broken marriages cause emotional, financial, spiritual and interpersonal pain and dislocation |
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marriage in the church - or is it a church wedding?
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a church wedding
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a ceremony performed in a church building
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marriage in the church
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a marriage preparation course is required so that a couple realized that marriage is a sacrament in union with the whole church
this implies that the persons know what the sacrament means and wishes to declare before the gathered community that their marriage is a blessed event where they have committed themselves to live out their love, together, forever |
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covenant
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deeply serious, personal, solemn promise made between persons
the church has always viewed marriage as a covenantal relationship that mirrors gods covenant with his people ".. in good times and in bad, in sickness and I'm health" echoes the kind of love that god pledged to his people one can break a contract but not a covenant |
