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16 results for “Of Marriage”, plus 1 in the Atlas
WCF
Westminster Confession of Faith
6
Of Marriage and Divorce
Marriage ought not to be within the degrees of consanguinity or affinity forbidden by the …
Of Marriage and Divorce
Adultery or fornication committed after a contract, being detected before marriage, giveth just occasion to the innocent party to dissolve that contract. In the case …
Of Marriage and Divorce
… to study arguments unduly to put asunder those whom God hath joined together in marriage: yet nothing but adultery, or such wilful desertion as can no way be remedied …
Of Marriage and Divorce
Marriage is to be between one man and one woman: neither is it lawful for …
Of Marriage and Divorce
Marriage was ordained for the mutual help of husband and wife, for the increase of …
Of Marriage and Divorce
It is lawful for all sorts of people to marry, who are able with judgment to give their consent. Yet is it the duty of Christians to marry …
WLC
Westminster Larger Catechism
3
What are the sins forbidden in the seventh commandment?
… looks, impudent or light behavior, immodest apparel; prohibiting of lawful, and dispensing with unlawful marriages; allowing, tolerating, keeping of stews, and resorting to them; entangling vows of single life, …
What was the providence of God toward man in the estate in which he was created?
… of the fruit of the earth; putting the creatures under his dominion, and ordaining marriage for his help; affording him communion with himself; instituting the sabbath; entering into a …
What are the duties required in the seventh commandment?
… the eyes and all the senses; temperance, keeping of chaste company, modesty in apparel; marriage by those that have not the gift of continency, conjugal love, and cohabitation; diligent …
BCO
Book of Church Order (PCA)
7
59-3
59-3. Marriage is only to be between one man and one woman (Gen. 2:24, 25; Matt. …
59-6
59-6. Marriage is of a public nature. The welfare of civil society, the happiness of families, …
59-1
59-1. Marriage is a divine institution though not a sacrament, nor peculiar to the Church of …
59-2
59-2. Christians should marry in the Lord; therefore it is fit that their marriage be solemnized by a lawful minister, that special instruction be given them, and suitable …
59-4
… previously obtained, and well certified to the minister before he proceeds to solemnize the marriage.
59-7
… the names of all persons whom he marries, and of the time of their marriage, for the perusal of all whom it may concern.
59-5
59-5. Parents should neither compel their children to marry contrary to their inclinations, nor deny their consent without just and important reasons.
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