was the meaning of fornication change by the church over time?
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Christian churches have changed the meaning over time. If you go from what is written without interpretation, pre-marital sex and masturbation would be two areas humans could participate in without sinning. Because we now understand the effects of certain behavior that can lead us to do other things, masturbation and premarital sex are now frowned upon. Especially premarital sex which can lead to births out of wedlock. So many churches se premarital sex as wrong as adultry. Masturbation is getting closer to being called a sin because of the thoughts many have while doing it. Which goes with what jesus said about lusting on a person in your mind then you have sinned already.
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Yes, Midge. there is and we have to stop it. Especially us Catholics. We can't just change the whole doctrine of the church just for "Tolerance" and "Appeasement" . We need to keep our church whole and traditional. The Catholic church has been pretty black and white in the past, now some of it is becoming gray. I hardly hear much in my church anymore about pro-life issues. Only the small groups do anything about it, but it is no longer preached. What's happening here? Can't be a liberal Catholic!\nGod Bless and Merry Christmas to you!
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If you are religious, it is wrong to have sex before you are married.  It is a sin, it's called fornication.
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The sexual revolution. Changes in attitudes towards sex over the last century.
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"the great whore that sitteth upon many waters: with whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication." (Rev. 17:1-2 KJV)\nSounds like a party to me!
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Under strict Catholic doctrine, this would still be considered fornication.
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Being a priest in the middle ages wasn't what we consider it now.  It was mostly a politcial position bought for second sons.  Like being a politician today there were some people that took their job seriously, and then there were the people who were spoiled and corrupt.  There was almost no accountablity, so those that broke the Church's rules paid their way out if they got into trouble, or did what they wanted.  The widespread corruption was what eventually lead to the breaking of Church authority.
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that's for me to know & you to wonder....however, answer to question 1:\n\n\n2 Chronicles 21:11  Moreover he made high places in the mountains of Judah, and caused the inhabitants of Jerusalem to commit fornication, and compelled Judah thereto.\n\nIsaiah 23:17  And it shall come to pass after the end of seventy years, that the LORD will visit Tyre, and she shall turn to her hire, and shall commit fornication with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of the earth.\n\nEzekiel 16:26  Thou hast also committed fornication with the Egyptians thy neighbours, great of flesh; and hast increased thy whoredoms, to provoke me to anger.\n\nEzekiel 16:29  Thou hast moreover multiplied thy fornication in the land of Canaan unto Chaldea; and yet thou wast not satisfied herewith.\n\nMatthew 5:32  But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.\n\nMatthew 19:9  And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.\n\nJohn 8:41  Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.\n\nActs 15:20  But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.\n\nActs 15:29  That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.\n\nActs 21:25  As touching the Gentiles which believe, we have written and concluded that they observe no such thing, save only that they keep themselves from things offered to idols, and from blood, and from strangled, and from fornication.\n\nRomans 1:29  Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,\n\n1 Corinthians 5:1  It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father's wife.\n\n1 Corinthians 6:13  Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.\n\n1 Corinthians 6:18  Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.\n\n1 Corinthians 7:2  Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.\n\n1 Corinthians 10:8  Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.\n\n2 Corinthians 12:21  And lest, when I come again, my God will humble me among you, and that I shall bewail many which have sinned already, and have not repented of the uncleanness and fornication and lasciviousness which they have committed.\n\nGalatians 5:19  Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,\n\nEphesians 5:3  But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;\n\nColossians 3:5  Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:\n\n1 Thessalonians 4:3  For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:\n\nJude 1:7  Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.\n\nRevelation 2:14  But I have a few things against thee, because thou
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I am not sure how it became offensive. but one theory of its connotation and origin is that it stands for "fornication under consent of king" so basically back in the days of serious monarchs. the king would approve certain peoples sex. basically giving them blessing to do such an act. most cases both parties weren't exactly willing so the king was basically approving rape. but it was for some purpose that I can't remember.
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<>The word you are looking for is "fornication."  It means to perform the sexual act of procreation.  The origin of the "f---" word is rife with myth and lore.  One version is that it comes from an acronym of "fornication under carnal knowledge," a description of a crime of adultery.
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I am mormon but we do believe the bible as well. Here are some of the many scriptures referring to sexual activities and feelings. I hope that this helps. If you are looking for something specific, let me know:\n\nFornication (Sex before marriage):\nAbstain from fornication, Acts 15: 20. \nThe body is not for fornication, but for the Lord, 1 Cor. 6: 13-18. \nTo avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, 1 Cor. 7: 2-3. \nThis is the will of God, that ye should abstain from fornication, 1 Thes. 4: 3.\n\nAdultery (sex with someone other then your legal spouse)\nJames 2: 11\n  11 For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law. \nLev. 20: 10\n  10  And the man that committeth adultery with another man’s wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbour’s wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death. \nEx. 20: 14\n  14 Thou shalt not commit adultery. \nDeut. 5: 18\n  18 Neither shalt thou commit adultery. \nProv. 6: 32\n  32 But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul. \n\nLusts of flesh:\n1 Jn. 2: 16-17:  16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. 17 And the world bpasseth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever. \nRom. 1: 24, 27\n  24 Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:   27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet. \nGal. 5: 16, 24  16 This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.  24 And they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. \nJames 1: 14-15  14 But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. 15 Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death. \nMatt. 5: 28  28 But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart. \nGal. 5: 19  19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
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Mathew 5:27-28 "You have heard it said that you shall not commit adultery BUT I say to you that everyone who looks on a woman with lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart". So much for pornography.\nSex for pleasure (outside marriage) I Corinthians 6:9 "Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God.  Do NOT be deceived, neither fornicators, nor idolators, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor homosexuals, .....  will inherit the kingdom of God".   So much for fun sex.
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Thats a good question. As they follow the church traditions.... who knows , they have changed a bunch already.
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Here is a link for the Catholic Rite of Marriage: http://www.catholicliturgy.com/index.cfm/FuseAction/TextContents/Index/4/SubIndex/67/TextIndex/8\n\nThis was in 1970. I don't know if it has changed or not.\n\nWith love in Christ.
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If the sperm is used to conceive a child, that is the same as having sex with the woman who donates the egg. It is fornication if the two are unmarried, as they almost always are.
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Celibacy and abstinance.
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It's not that we are against pre-marital sex, it's that we don't want OUR kids doing it before they are emotionally and physically capable of dealing with all the repercusions, such as unwanted pregnancy, STDs etc.  Most Americans do have sex prior to marriage, and have been since the sexual revolution in the '60s.  However, the Bible teaches that sex outside of marriage is a sin.  Sounds to me that your "religious people" are picking and choosing which part of the Bible to follow and which part to ignore.