2007-01-08 16:14:08 · 18 answers · asked by Neocoon 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Fornication is specifically sex outside of marriage. Others interpret the Greek to mean that it is general sexual immorality. I have trouble with that, though, because more than once Jesus comes out against fornication AND sexual immorality. So, if the more general translation is right, then why the redundancy?
2007-01-08 16:20:16 · answer #1 · answered by YourMom 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fornication means to have sex when you are not married. Catholicism believes that when a couple has sex prior to marriage, they are furthering yourself away from God's plan.
Catholicism teaches that God made sex into a beautiful and wonderful experience for a married man and woman. When there is fornication, the Church feels that all the beauty of sex is depleted. When God is taken away from an activity, the meaning is less. Sex is meant to be between a married couple.
According to the Catechism, if you took part in fornication, you need to take part in the Sacrament of Reconciliation prior to taking the Eucharist.
Some Catholics do feel that sex before marriage is acceptable. This is contrary to the Church's official teachings.
2007-01-09 00:21:18 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Illicit sex relations outside of Scriptural marriage
Hebrew verb za·nah′ and its related forms convey the idea of harlotry, immoral intercourse, fornication, or prostitution.>>>> (Ge 38:24; Ex 34:16; Ho 1:2; Le 19:29)
Greek word translated “fornication” is por·nei′a. Regarding the meanings of por·nei′a, B. F. Westcott in his book Saint Paul’s Epistle to the Ephesians (1906, p. 76) says: “This is a general term for all unlawful intercourse.....(applicable verses are as follows:-----(hosea 2:2,,,matthew 32:9,,,1 corinthians 5:1)
2007-01-09 00:22:51 · answer #3 · answered by dfg q 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Peace!
Fornication is carnal union between an unmarried man and an unmarried woman. It is gravely contrary to the dignity of persons and of human sexuality which is naturally ordered to the good of spouses and the generation and education of children. Moreover, it is a grave scandal when there is corruption of the young. - Catholic Doctrine
2007-01-09 00:28:19 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is any sex outside of the marriage arrangement including consentual sex between 2 single adults.
2007-01-09 02:38:25 · answer #5 · answered by Sparkle1 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
# voluntary sexual intercourse between persons not married to each other
# adultery: extramarital sex that willfully and maliciously interferes with marriage relations; "adultery is often cited as grounds for divorce"
2007-01-09 04:44:23 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fun
2007-01-09 00:18:12 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
the act of the stork carrying the baby down the chimney
2007-01-09 00:18:47 · answer #8 · answered by uhohspaghettiohohs 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
That is like having sex out of wedlock
2007-01-09 00:18:24 · answer #9 · answered by Robert F 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1.voluntary sexual intercourse between two unmarried persons or two persons not married to each other.
2.Bible. idolatry.
2007-01-09 00:19:40 · answer #10 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋