Sentences with phrase «monogamous heterosexual union»
A consensual monogamous heterosexual union, in intention lifelong, between parties outside Levitical degrees of kindred and affinity, was Christianity's legacy, through the medieval canon law, to the law of England.
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The relevant loci are the creation story, the Sixth Commandment, Ephesians 5 with its meditation on marriage as a sacramental sign of the union of Christ and his Church, the end of Revelation with its depiction of the marriage of the Lamb, and the whole narrative stream of Holy Scripture that assumes the heterosexual monogamous norm, despite the fact of royal and patriarchal polygamy.
If you are experiencing difficulties in your relationship — be it long - term or new, monogamous or polyamorous, heterosexual or same - sex, or any other kind of romantic union — chances are someone else, or another couple, has been through a similar situation.