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A couple following their marriage in the Manti Utah Temple. Celestial marriage (also called the New and Everlasting Covenant of Marriage, Eternal Marriage, Temple Marriage) is a doctrine that marriage can last forever in heaven that is taught in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and branches of Mormon fundamentalism.
Celestial (or eternal) marriage is an ordinance performed by priesthood authority in a temple of the church. [15] A celestial marriage is thought to continue forever into the afterlife if the man and woman do not break their covenants. [15] Thus, eternally married couples are often referred to as being "sealed" to each other. Sealed couples who ...
Baháʼí marriage is union of a man and a woman. Its purpose is mainly spiritual and is to foster harmony, fellowship and unity between the two partners. [1] The Baháʼí teachings on marriage call it a fortress for well-being and salvation and place marriage and the family as the foundation of the structure of human society.
A couple following their marriage in the Manti Utah Temple. Sealing is an ordinance (ritual) performed in Latter Day Saint temples by a person holding the sealing authority. [ 1 ] The purpose of this ordinance is to seal familial relationships, making possible the existence of family relationships throughout eternity. [ 2 ]
The Vatican’s declaration comes as the Catholic Church is attempting to carefully navigate the issue of same-sex marriage, which became legalized nationwide after a 2015 Supreme Court decision ...
Francis suggested such blessings could be offered under some circumstances if they didn’t confuse it with marriage. Pope Approves Blessings for Same-Sex Couples Skip to main content
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]
"In the premortal realm, spirit sons and daughters knew and worshiped God as their Eternal Father and accepted His plan." "Sacred ordinances and covenants available in holy temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints make it possible for individuals to return to the presence of God and for families to be united eternally."