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Dating Preparation |
Friendship Dating |
Novena |
Formal Courtship |
Engagement |
Marriage |
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1 year minimum |
1-6 months |
9-54 days |
18-23 months |
4-12 months |
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Divine Love |
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Brother-Sister Love |
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Affectionate Love |
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Erotic Love |
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Divine Love |
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[…] “'called
to be saints,' Christians have become the temple of the Holy Spirit."
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Brother-Sister Love |
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Chastity is expressed notably
in friendship with one's neighbor. Whether it develops between persons of the
same or opposite sex, |
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friendship represents a great good for
all. It leads to spiritual communion. (CCC 2347) |
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Affectionate Love |
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[…] "in
sharing affection moving slowly is usually indicative of giving, of honoring
and serving the beloved." |
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"Moving more
rapidly or touching more intensely is usually indicative of seeking, of
pleasing and serving the self." |
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(Christian
Courtship in an Oversexed World by T.G. Morrow, p. 53) |
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"[Affection's] immediate
aim is not 'enjoyment,' but the 'feeling of nearness.'" (Love and
Responsibility, p. 203) |
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“Those who are engaged to
marry […] should reserve for marriage the expressions of affection that
belong to married love.” (CCC 2350) |
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“Sexual pleasure is morally
disordered when […] isolated from its procreative and unitive
purposes.” (CCC 2351) |
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"Passionate kissing
[because it] causes sexual arousal would be categorized as sexual activity
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"It is unreasonable
to prepare for sexual intercourse if you are not planning to have sexual
intercourse. |
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Sin is, in its
essence, acting contrary to right reason, the reason of God." (Christian
Courtship in an Oversexed World, p. 68) |
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Erotic Love |
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conjugal love of man and woman. In
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a sign and a pledge of spiritual communion. Marriage bonds between baptised
persons are sanctified by the sacrament." (CCC 1601) |
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