COHABITATION

COHABITATION

• Defintion by Book:
• An arrangement where two people who are not married live together
• In a emotional or sexually intimate relationship on a long term basis
• Group Definition:
• Living together before marriage as a couple having coitus

DOES IT FORESHADOW DIVORCE

• It has been thought to foreshadow divorce for many years
• New studies show, Arielle Kuperberg a sociologist took data from a survey
• Out of 7 thousand that were married over 80% stayed together 4-6 yrs.
• The couples divorced was due to age, lacking experience, maturity.
• Avg. age picking a correct spouse is 23. And roughly 23% woman married stay

SOURCE

• Www.Livescience.com
• Arielle Kuperberg
• Www.foxnews.com
• Lifehopeandtruth.com
• Www.catholic.org

COHABITATION GROUPS THOUGHTS

• It isn't always a bad thing
• You can live together and not engage in coitus
• But if you are going to "do it" anyways it isn't going to matter
• It is all depending on your situation

SAINT JOHN NEUMANN

• March 28, 1811-January 5, 1850
• All schools and parishes named "Neumann" after him
• He was a priest and Bishop
• Preached a lot about cohabitation throughout his life
• Main focus in his sermons

PRUDENCE

• Make us see what we should do
• What we should avoid in order to save our souls
• It shows us how to avoid living together
• We would have the temptation to engage in coitus
• Gives us the ability to not sin.

CATECHISM #1604-1617

• Church teaching on cohabitation reflects its belief about the dignity of marriage
• Marital love is an image of God's love for humanity
• Christian marriage is a sign of christs union with the church
• This union can never be temporary or a trial, it is permanently faithful

CATHOLIC CHURCH THOUGHTS

• Choses against cohabitation
• Against seventh commandmant
• May chose coitus before marriage
• Save sex for marriage