" One of his ex-wives reportedly said, " Marriage is Alan's way of saying goodbye.

Marriage here is symbolic of the covenantal relationship between God and Israel.

Hence, domestic and females employees working business are not concubines and sex is forbidden, unless Nikkah or Muta ( Temporary Marriage Only Permissible in Shi ' ism ) is committed with mutual consent.

Others are known only from mentions in Clement's own writings, including On Marriage and On Prophecy, although few are attested by other writers and it is difficult to separate works which he intended to write from those which were actually completed.

Marriage is a divine institution that can never be broken, even if the husband or wife legally divorce in the civil courts ; as long as they are both alive, the Church considers them bound together by God.

Marriage is intended to be a faithful, exclusive, lifelong union of a man and a woman.

Marriage is the only situation where any type of sexual interaction is acceptable, and even then certain restrictions apply to acts such as oral and anal sex.

Marriage is highly recommended but is stated to not be obligatory.

Marriage is also conditioned a payment of dowry by the husband to the wife of approximately 2. 2 troy ounces of gold or silver dependent on the permanent residence of the husband.

This ritual is an enactment of the mystical journey that culminates with the Mystic Marriage and the consumption of a Cake of Light and a goblet of wine ( a process termed " communication ").

Today the most renowned figure of late 18th century opera is Mozart, who began with opera seria but is most famous for his Italian comic operas, especially The Marriage of Figaro, Don Giovanni, and Così fan tutte, as well as The Magic Flute, a landmark in the German tradition.

In the East, Holy Baptism and Marriage ( which is called " Crowning ") may be performed only by a priest.

Fraternal polyandry is permitted in Sri Lanka under Kandyan Marriage law, often described using the euphemism eka-ge-kama ( literally " eating in one house ").

The History of Childhood, authored by ten scholars ( including deMause ), is often linked to Edward Shorter's The Making of the Modern Family and Lawrence Stone's The Family, Sex and Marriage in England 1500-1800, because of the common ground they share in agreeing with a grim perspective of childhood history.

Marian did not immediately gain the unquestioned role ; in Robin Hood's Birth, Breeding, Valor, and Marriage, his sweetheart is ' Clorinda the Queen of the Shepherdesses '.

Marriage is mentioned in the Quran: nikah.

One of the first such episodes to depict this is " Secrets of a Successful Marriage " ( season five, 1994 ), where Homer starts teaching an adult education class on how to build a successful marriage.

Le nozze di Figaro, ossia la folle giornata ( The Marriage of Figaro, or The Day of Madness ), K. 492, is an opera buffa ( comic opera ) composed in 1786 in four acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, with a libretto in Italian by Lorenzo Da Ponte, based on a stage comedy by Pierre Beaumarchais, La folle journée, ou le Mariage de Figaro ( 1784 ).

As the sacrament of Marriage gives grace for the married state, the sacrament of Anointing of the Sick gives grace for the state into which people enter through sickness.

" Marriage was not a sacrament.

* of the Catholic Church: The Sacrament of Matrimony An authoritative summary of Church teaching on marriage, including the main requirements for the celebration of the sacrament of Marriage.

The Church believes that " Marriage is the sacrament which makes a Christian man and woman husband and wife, gives them grace to be faithful to each other and to bring up their children in love and devotion to God.

* Analysis of historic, current and Biblical Christian views on Marriage, Divorce and Remarriage

In a partial reaction, Pope Pius XI wrote the encyclical Casti connubii ( On Christian Marriage ) in 1930, reaffirming the Catholic Church's belief in various traditional Christian teachings on marriage and sexuality, including the prohibition of artificial birth control even within marriage.

In recent years, revised Funeral Rites have appeared, along with liturgies for Christian Initiation ( e. g. Baptism and Affirmation ) and Marriage.

They denounced it as opposed to the New Testament recommendation that a cleric should be " the husband of one wife " ( see on above ), the declared right of the apostles to take around with them a believing Christian as a wife () and the admonition, " Marriage should be honoured by all " ().

* Arcanum Encyclical of Pope Leo XIII on Christian Marriage

It contains 24 articles on the following: " God ; Jesus Christ ; Holy Spirit ; Scripture ; Creation and Divine Providence ; the Creation and Calling of Human Beings ; Sin ; Salvation ; The Church of Jesus Christ ; The Church in Mission ; Baptism ; The Lord's Supper ; Foot Washing ; Discipline in the Church ; Ministry and Leadership ; Church Order and Unity ; Discipleship and the Christian Life ; Christian Spirituality ; Family, Singleness, and Marriage ; Truth and the Avoidance of Oaths ; Christian Stewardship ; Peace, Justice, and Nonresistance ; The Church's Relation to Government and Society ; and The Reign of God.

* St Paul-Master of Arts Degrees in Christian Thought, Global and Contextual Studies, Marriage and Family Therapy, Theological Studies.

The Christian Coalition gave Taylor a overall rating of 76 % and he has endorsed the Federal Marriage Amendment.

# Hunter, David G. Marriage, Celibacy, and Heresy in Ancient Christianity: The Jovinianist Controversy ( Oxford, OUP, 2007 ) ( Oxford Early Christian Studies ).

A licensing agreement was also reached in this year with Pronuptian in which he could launch his Christian Lacroix Marriage line.

Beverly LaHaye is best known for The Act of Marriage, a Christian sex self-help bestseller she co-authored in 1976 with her husband Tim LaHaye, and for founding Concerned Women for America ( CWA ) in 1979 in San Diego, California, an organization of which she has served as president.

In late July 2012, Train demanded that the anti-gay Family First New Zealand remove their track " Marry Me " from " Protect Marriage ", a conservative Christian website opposed to the introduction of same-sex marriage in New Zealand, due to its unauthorised reproduction

Like many other Christian colleges, Patrick Henry did not allow Soulforce to enter the university premises, though the college proposed for student representatives to engage in a formal debate at a neutral location on the merits of the proposed Federal Marriage Amendment to the U. S. Constitution.

It is also associated with an evangelical splinter group which advocates Christian Plural Marriage

McManus, an evangelical Christian, is also the founder and president of Marriage Savers, a non-profit organization that purports to prepare couples for marriage.

In 1994, all the churches, jointly with women's organisations, drew up a draft law called the Christian Marriage and Matrimonial Causes Bill.

* Vellian, Jacob ( 1988 ) Marriage Customs of the Knanites, Christian Orient, 9, Kottayam.

The Graduate School offers twelve Master's level degrees in areas such as Marriage and Family Therapy, Christian Ministry, Business, Teaching, Health Care, and Management.

They deal mostly with the office and duties of a Christian bishop, the qualifications and conduct of the clergy, the religious life of the Christian flock ( abstinence, fasting ), its external administration ( excommunication, synods, relations with pagans and Jews ), the sacraments ( Baptism, Eucharist, Marriage ); in a word, they are a handy summary of the statutory legislation of the Early Church.