Question by Chester B: What is the definition of infidelity in a catholic context?
Me contention is that there is a range of relationships, a spectrum as it were, of relationships. The range spans from casual acquaintances to life long partnerships. It to me seems inconceivable that we should confine ourselves to a relationship with one partner. In a marriage what are the limits to enjoy a relationship with another partner.
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Answer by Jill
That’s the old testament. Infidelity is okay now.
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I don’t think your wife would be too happen when you finds you cheating on her and you use religion as an excuse.
According to Catholic doctrine you can have sex with whomever you wish as long as you are a man and your partner is a little boy.
Bat wings,
According to the protestant doctrine you can do worse things than those you listed for catholics and can still achieve salvation as long as you accept christ.
Care to provide us with evidence of this catholic doctrine ?
Ask your wife.
I have no problem with a specturm of relationships. At one end of the spectrum however is the relationship with God. There is zero tolerance for any relationship that is not God-centered in the Catholic context. Every relationship is measured as to how it enhances one’s relationship with God. After all, the greatest commandment is “you shall love the Lord your God with ALL your heart…..”
Next to that relationship is the relationship between husband and wife. That is because in the sex act, the two become one. Again, zero tolerance in the Catholic context for anything that separates that union. And since that union is a fecund union of love, emulating the Trinity, the children are also part of that relationship. Kids are not second fiddle to spouse. They are part of the relationship.
Infidelity in one’s relationship with God or one’s relationship with one’s spouse/family therefore is not tolerated within the Catholic Context.
The second greatest commandment is to love one’s neighbor as oneself. And we know that EVERYone is our neighbor. So if one shows more love toward one neighbor than to another, that too is infidelity to the commandment of love. That is the final relationship. And again, in the Catholic context, no toleration for infidelity.
That is the spectrum.