... membership, rites of passage, and definitions of the faith. These sacraments have powerful, emotional, and social significance in today's society. Many people define their commitment to their religion by the fact that they participate in these sacraments. There was a time in the very recent past that participation in the sacraments acted as a quasi-caste system defining who may marry whom, etc. Three things are necessary ... of Trent believes that Christ created the sacrament of penance after his resurrection giving the apostles the power to forgive. Christ believed that all of his foll...

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... basis behind such a claim is that Paul who the one who "ordered" women not to speak in churches, not to wear fancy jewelry, to cover their heads during worship and be subservient Granted, during Paul's time, women were taught to obey their husbands, based on Adam and Eve's fall. Eve was blamed ... Ephesians 5 Syndrome." This argument was nicknamed by Howard Clinebell, Jr., an author and pastoral counselor. Ephesians 5: 21-33 Paul asks a congregation to engage in a new model for marriage: 21Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ. 22Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord....

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... bridegroom? This story of the marriage of the Lamb cannot be viewed only under the microscope of today's society, but needs to be compared to the time in which the story was written and the customs of that day. There are three major parts to this form of wedding; the betrothal, the presentation, and ... Christ. In Ephesians 5:25 we find, "Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; that he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, that he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or...

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