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Web Articles discussion Courtship and Betrothal



From a Christian perspective

http://www.teenpact.com/dating.doc

http://www.biblicalbetrothal.com/datingindesguise.htm

http://billgothard.com/bill/teaching/courtship/

http://www.haydid.org/pot2.htm

http://www.familybible.org/FAQ/Baptism.htm (mostly about baptism, but includes some thots on betrothal/marriage)

http://www.geocities.com/zacharyaustinharris/arrangedmarriage.html (Argues for 'arranged marriages')

http://maranathalife.com/teaching/dating.htm (Against dating, a little confusing as to possible replacement.)

http://www.stormloader.com/users/famshepherd/God's%20Design%20for%20Scriptural%20Romance%20--%20Part%201.htm (John Thompsons article: excellent except for his acceptance of the invention of 'courtship' and the way this skews the rest of the article).

http://www.momof9splace.com/court.html (compares courtship and dating)

http://www.touchstonemag.com/archives/article.php?id=20-08-020-o (An interesting four part article: with one part illuminating something similar to what we talk about here.)

http://www.boldchristianliving.com/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=7&Itemid=25 (Lindval presenting his view on Betrothal. Great points.)

http://www.credenda.org/issues/9-5childer.php?type=print

http://www.centralseminary.edu/publications/20050916Print.pdf (defining Biblical 'engagement')

http://www.credenda.org/issues/7-5childer.php

http://www.credenda.org/issues/11-5femina.php

http://www.studiesintheword.org/biblical_marriage.htm

http://www.jubilee-centre.org/online_documents/Familyoffencesinbiblicallaw.htm

http://www.fortifyingthefamily.com/betrothal.htm

http://www.stormloader.com/users/famshepherd/God's%20Design%20for%20Scriptural%20Romance%20--%20Part%201.htm

http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2005/february/13.44.html (On the death of Sexual Morality at college, Warning: Explicit)

http://www.ccel.org/ccel/aquinas/summa.SS.i.SS_Q32.SS_Q32_A8.html?highlight=betrothal#highlight

http://www.ccel.org/ccel/aquinas/summa.TP_Q29_A2.html?highlight=betrothal#highlight

http://www.ccel.org/ccel/aquinas/summa.XP.ii.XP_Q46.XP_Q46_A2.html?highlight=betrothal#highlight

http://www.ccel.org/ccel/aquinas/summa.SS_Q154_A7.html?highlight=betrothal#highlight

http://www.ccel.org/ccel/john_cross/canticle.xxvii.html?highlight=betrothal#highlight

http://www.ccel.org/ccel/johnson_bw/pnt.pnt0101.html?highlight=betrothal#highlight

http://www.ccel.org/ccel/calvin/calcom05.ii.iii.iv.v.html?highlight=betrothal#highlight

http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/npnf211.ii.v.ii.xii.html?highlight=betrothal#highlight

http://www.ccel.org/ccel/calvin/calcom05.ii.iii.iv.vii.html?highlight=betrothal#highlight

http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/npnf214.xiv.iii.xcix.html?highlight=betrothal#highlight

http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/npnf214.viii.iii.iii.xi.html?highlight=betrothal#highlight

http://www.ccel.org/ccel/aquinas/summa.XP_Q43_A2.html (Fixing seven years as an appropriate age of betrothal)

http://inundatedcalvinist.blogspot.com/2006/10/scott-brown-biblical-thinking-for.html (Scott Brown propsing a 'courtship' model)

http://www.sevenhillschurch.com/mediafiles/biblical-datingcourthip.doc

http://www.visionforumministries.org/home/about/biblical_patriarchy.aspx (note particuarly points 21, 22, 23)

http://www.geocities.com/zacharyaustinharris/arrangedmarriage.html

http://www.geocities.com/~lasttrumpet/wedding.html

http://www.oasistradepost.com/Weddings_/weddings_.html

http://www.ldolphin.org/risk/table.html

http://messianicfellowship.50webs.com/wedding.html

http://christian.families.com/blog/betrothal-and-wedding-customs-at-the-time-of-christ

http://www.ccel.org/ccel/edwards/works2.iii.ii.html

http://books.google.com/books?id=lEVvJiKctpkC&pg=PA94&dq=calvin+geneva+consistory+betrothal&sig=CrUzrjdtNK1Lkvuhie8tuvwx-Ls#PPA4,M1

http://www.lifeandlibertyministries.com/archives/000144.php

http://www.jubilee-centre.org/online_documents/Familyoffencesinbiblicallaw.htm

http://www.reformedonline.com/view/reformedonline/famdate.htm

http://www.yrm.org/wedlock.htm

http://www.ebible.com/dict/NNIBD/marriage

http://www.gotquestions.org/engagement.html

http://www.marriagedivorce.com/mikegorrie.pdf

http://www.biblicaltruth.info/index_files/Page1002.htm

http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=92097

http://books.google.com/books?id=-tCwHpLFKTYC&pg=PA69&lpg=PA69&dq=biblical+betrothal&source=web&ots=qZ35hHdCGj&sig=GF_T2z14QRW9KnaT8fdjCDURLYw#PPA70,M1 (a book on betrothal/marraige in Jewish antiquity)

http://thegamegrid.com/marriage/mandb.htm (a variety of definitions concerning betrothal etc., and a good list of Scriptures)

http://www.unlessthelordmagazine.com/articles/Courtship%20Approaches.htm (A variety of articles)

http://www.modestapparelchristianclothinglydiaofpurpledressescustomsewing.com/michael%20pearl.htm (a rebuttal to Michael Pearls article below)

http://www.nogreaterjoy.org/index.php?id=86&no_cache=1&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=106&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=41 (Michael Pearls rebuttal of betrothal (not of this site in particular))

http://www.biblicalbetrothal.com/ (A variety of articles)

www.boldchristianliving.com/ (Jonathon Lindvalls chart, and articles on dating, etc.)

http://blessedquietness.com/journal/homemake/biblecrt.htm (on touching before marriage)

http://www.bibleistrue.com/qna/qna22.htm (listing Betrothal and marriage ceremonies)

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CE4DA1638F93AA3575AC0A9679C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=2


Uncertain perspective

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/historyonline/uscourt.cfm (history of courtship in US)

http://www.heraldmag.org/literature/verse_4.htm

http://books.google.com/books?id=W-ktAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA1105&lpg=PA1105&dq=betrothal+hebrew+customs&source=web&ots=BoT0oi66er&sig=7fLcMZtAK_TajUk5qFSJJXk4OOU


http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=92097

http://homeschooladvantage.us/index.cfm?website=88&UserID=0&Token=0&companycode=wisgate&thisPage=217




From a Jewish perspective (no distinction made between types)

http://www.myjewishlearning.com/lifecycle/Marriage/LiturgyRitualCustom.htm

http://www.jewfaq.org/marriage.htm


From a Secular, liberal or anti-Christian perspective
http://gotoba.esmartweb.com/betrothal/betrothal.htm

http://www.profam.org/pub/fia/fia_1705.htm

http://www.bibletexts.com/glossary/wedding.htm

http://www.thewitness.org/archive/april2000/marriage.html


http://books.google.com/books?id=roXyzIUsGg4C&pg=PA45&lpg=PA45&dq=biblical+betrothal&source=web&ots=cWql0Kd6sl&sig=iOWuKbzAjdz4BNhK0EmBpugR9T8#PPA46,M1


Other

http://www.lds.org/pa/display/0,17884,7244-1,00.html

http://www.catholicity.com/encyclopedia/b/betrothal.html (Catholic definition/history of betrothal)

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02537c.htm

http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/anf08.vii.xiii.iii.html?highlight=betrothal#highlight


http://uscatholic.claretians.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=12369&news_iv_ctrl=0&abbr=usc_ (Liberal? Catholic proposal for cohabiting betrothal)


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MarkEinkauf please add link: Jonathan Edwards: THE CHURCH’S MARRIAGE... 2 Oct 5 2007, 3:45 PM EDT by MarkEinkauf
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of interest to any wanting to further consider the relationship of Christ and the Church as groom/bride (the Ephesians 5 mystery)

THE CHURCH’S MARRIAGE TO HER SONS, AND TO HER GOD.
Preached by Jonathan Edwards at the installment of the Rev. Samuel Buel, as pastor of the church and congregation at East Hampton on Long Island, September 19, 1746.
full text here: http://www.ccel.org/ccel/edwards/works2.iii.ii.html
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MarkEinkauf please add link: Sex, Marriage, and Family in John Calvin's Geneva 2 Oct 5 2007, 10:14 AM EDT by MarkEinkauf
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This looks like a treasure trove of how Calvin dealt with these issues. Partly viewable on GoogleBooks - unfortunately when you get a few pages into each section, it cuts off -> great marketing technique!

Sex, Marriage, and Family in John Calvin's Geneva
By John Witte, Robert McCune Kingdon

http://books.google.com/books?id=lEVvJiKctpkC&pg=PA94&dq=calvin+geneva+consistory+betrothal&sig=CrUzrjdtNK1Lkvuhie8tuvwx-Ls
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