2007-09-06 08:18:12 · 6 answers · asked by missmiss 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
It doesn't, that I'm aware of. From conception to death, it's all life.
2007-09-06 08:25:11 · answer #1 · answered by Clare † 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Life stages? Don't know what you mean. The Church isn't interested in defining "life stages", but rather in protecting every human person's inalienable rights, from the moment of conception until natural death.
2007-09-06 08:23:36 · answer #2 · answered by PaulCyp 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The term "life", depending on the context of it's use, could mean this physical temporal life we have now, or the spiritual eternal after-life we will have.
Rather than think of life in terms of "stages", the Church seems to regard our current physical temportal existance and our future eternal spiritual existance as separate.
NOTE: Just as the Church has teachings pertaining to this life, and the next one, the Church also teaches two deaths as well. We will experience the deaths of our physical temportal being. Of course, the end of this life means the beginning of the next one; the spiritual eternal life.
However, depending on the manner in which one chooses to live their physical temporal lives, they could bring about the "death" of their spiritual eternal being. I am, of couse, speaking of hell. Hell being the death pertaining to the after-life.
2007-09-07 04:53:03 · answer #3 · answered by Daver 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pretty much like anyone else: infant, child, adolescent, adult, senior. If you are referring to sacramental observances, they are usually (but not always) received at certain ages. Baptism is often administered to infants. Reconciliation and First Communion are first received around age 7 when children can first grasp concepts of good and evil. Confirmation is usually administered somewhere around adolescence. Matrimony and Holy Orders are reserved for mature adults. And the Anointing of the Sick is most often given near the end of life when one is most likely to be sick. But sacraments are celebrated whenever they are appropriate, not just at those ages. "Stages" are a little artificial for real live people.
2007-09-06 08:27:37 · answer #4 · answered by skepsis 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
No idea what you mean. Without more details, I'd just say "infancy," "youth" "middle age," "old age" and "deceased." That what you're asking about?
2007-09-06 08:22:54 · answer #5 · answered by Acorn 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
...Is this something "new" that the Roman Church has come up with now...? How many "hail-marys" does this cost...?
2007-09-06 08:26:14 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋