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'''Union''' (also known as '''Marriage''') names a vowed household bond between persons who commit themselves to mutual fidelity, care, and shared life before God and community. | '''Union''' (also known as '''Marriage''') names a vowed household bond between persons who commit themselves to mutual fidelity, care, and shared life before [[God]] and community. | ||
We use the word ''union'' because it emphasizes the [[covenantal]] act itself rather than inherited legal, tribal, sexual, or property frameworks attached to the word ''marriage''. It names the bond without importing the whole historical machinery of marriage law, family hierarchy, or culture-war definition. | |||
''[[Adultery]]'' is understood primarily as a violation of [[love]] through betrayal of a freely given vow. The wrong is not merely sexual transgression, but the breaking of trust, fidelity, and mutual care promised to another person. Thus adultery is grounded in the second [[commandment]]: to love one’s [[neighbor]] as oneself. A union therefore carries moral weight because vows made in love create obligations of honesty, faithfulness, and protection toward the other. | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*[[Glossary]] | *[[Glossary]] | ||
Revision as of 11:03, 23 May 2026
Union (also known as Marriage) names a vowed household bond between persons who commit themselves to mutual fidelity, care, and shared life before God and community.
We use the word union because it emphasizes the covenantal act itself rather than inherited legal, tribal, sexual, or property frameworks attached to the word marriage. It names the bond without importing the whole historical machinery of marriage law, family hierarchy, or culture-war definition.
Adultery is understood primarily as a violation of love through betrayal of a freely given vow. The wrong is not merely sexual transgression, but the breaking of trust, fidelity, and mutual care promised to another person. Thus adultery is grounded in the second commandment: to love one’s neighbor as oneself. A union therefore carries moral weight because vows made in love create obligations of honesty, faithfulness, and protection toward the other.