Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous

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civil authority

General; Miscellaneous

Civil Authority is the moral power of command, supported (when need be) by physical coercion, which the State exercises over its members.

"Marriage", says Bishop, "as distinguished from the agreement to marry and from the act of becoming married, is the civil status of one man and one woman legally united for life, with the rights and ...

continence

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Continence may be defined as abstinence from even the licit gratifications of marriage.It is a form of the virtue of temperance, though Aristotle did not accord it this high character since it ...

divorce in moral theology

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The term divorce was employed in pagan Rome for the mutual separation of married people. Etymologically the word does not indicate whether this mutual separation included the dissolution of the ...

divorce in civil jurisprudence

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Divorce is defined in jurisprudence as "the dissolution or partial suspension by the law of the marriage relation".

smite

General; Miscellaneous

To strike with a firm blow; to inflict a heavy blow on, with or as if with the hand, a tool, or a weapon; to defeat or conquer a group of people or area of land.

zeal

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Great energy or enthusiasm in pursuit of a cause or an objective; Enthusiastic devotion to a cause, ideal, or goal and tireless diligence in its furtherance.