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Individuals who share a union in marriage may have better long-term perspectives that the single or cohabitating counterparts because marriage is intended to last through life. Marriage also makes couples stronger because due to the fact that when the going gets tough, couples are motivated to work harder on their relationship, [7] which forges ...
Marriage is an icon (image) of the relationship between Jesus and the Church. This is somewhat akin to the Old Testament prophets' use of marriage as an analogy to describe the relationship between God and Israel. Marriage is the simplest, most basic unity of the church: a congregation where "two or three are gathered together in Jesus' name."
The line between forced marriage and consensual marriage may become blurred, because the social norms of these cultures dictate that one should never oppose the desire of one's parents/relatives in regard to the choice of a spouse; in such cultures, it is not necessary for violence, threats, intimidation etc. to occur, the person simply ...
Marriage in the Catholic Church, also known as holy matrimony, is the "covenant by which a man and woman establish between themselves a partnership of the whole of life and which is ordered by its nature to the good of the spouses and the procreation and education of offspring", and which "has been raised by Christ the Lord to the dignity of a sacrament between the baptized". [1]
It is a vision of marriage as a bodily as well as an emotional and spiritual bond, distinguished thus [from other relationships] by its comprehensiveness . . . flowing out into the wide sharing of family life and ahead to lifelong fidelity. . . . [The] revisionist view has informed the marriage policy reforms of the last several decades.
Maria Bertram of Mansfield Park is a rather special case, for she marries out of pride and spite, refusing to let Henry Crawford see that he has broken her heart, and hoping to console herself for his indifference in the whirl of a worldly life. [23] Her marriage to the wealthy and foolish James Rushworth, with an annual income of £12,000, is ...
Criticism of marriage comes from various cultural movements, including branches of feminism, anarchism, Marxism, and queer theory. Feminist activists often point to historical, legal and social inequalities of marriage, family life, and divorce in their criticism of marriage.
Second, marriage market conditions may capture many economic influences. [19]: 43 Empirical findings indicate that financial stability is an important requisite for marriage. In weak marriage markets (when there is high unemployment) couples who would like to get married may delay doing so due to unemployment or financial troubles.