What is meant by a holy kiss?

The Holy Kiss Implied Full Acceptance
In New Testament times, a kiss on the cheek was used for greeting and implied friendship and acceptance. A kiss of greeting between Christians implied that no elite groups existed and that all were equally loved and accepted—not only by God—but by one other.

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Is a holy kiss on the lips?

Although most early Christian sources indicate that the kiss is on the lips, the Apocryphal Acts modify it to be a kiss of the feet or hands. In contrast to previous texts that allowed women and men to exchange the kiss with each other, The Apostolic Tradition is the first source specifically to prohibit this practice.

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What is the Catholic holy kiss?

A holy kiss is a chaste pressing of one's lips upon the face of another which communicates the love of God. It is, essentially, not your kiss, but the kiss of God ... in which you are instrumental in conveying not your own love, but the love of God. You lend your lips to God.

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Is there a holy kiss in the Bible?

Such a kiss is mentioned five times in the concluding section of letters in the New Testament: Romans 16:16—"Greet one another with a holy kiss" (Greek: ἀσπάσασθε ἀλλήλους ἐν φιλήματι ἁγίῳ). 1 Corinthians 16:20—"Greet one another with a holy kiss" (Greek: ἀσπάσασθε ἀλλήλους ἐν φιλήματι ἁγίῳ).

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Where in the Bible does it say to greet one another with a holy kiss?

1 Thessalonians 5:26 Amplified Bible (AMP)

Greet all the believers with a holy kiss [as brothers and sisters in God's family].

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What is the “Holy Kiss”?

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Why do Christians not kiss before marriage?

The Bible tells us a lot about lust and sexual immorality, and that we are to flee from sexual immorality and lustful desires. If kissing before marriage stimulates lust or leads to sexual immorality, it is a sin and should be avoided between couples that are not married.

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What is the kiss of God?

Spiritual and Mystical Death in Judaism

The “kiss of God,” a symbol for union with God, and the ritual practices—meditation and performance—connected with it are presented. The book identifies a persistent passion for religious perfection, expressed as the love of God unto death itself.

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Is it a sin to kiss your wife?

Mutual affection between loving partners is not considered sinful by most Christian denominations. It does mean, however, that we should be careful about what is in our hearts and to make sure we maintain self-control when kissing.

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Is kissing on the lips before marriage a sin?

No. The Bible doesn't explicitly forbid kissing between two unmarried people. A Christian couple that is dating with the consideration of marriage or is engaged doesn't necessarily sin because they share a kiss in a manner that retains their purity.

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Why do Christians kiss in marriage?

And In The Bible (Holy Book of Christians) it is nowhere written that the bride and groom need to kiss each other. It is just the way of showing affection, which could be shown either by shaking hands or hugging.

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Is oral allowed in Catholicism?

Yes, oral sex is sex; no, the Catholic Church does not say that you can do whatever you want as long as you are not having intercourse. No, you will not necessarily go to hell for having sex outside of marriage, but it is a mortal sin that must be sincerely confessed if one does it.

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Do Catholics allow condoms?

Catholic views on condoms. The Catholic Church's opposition to contraception includes a prohibition on condoms. It believes that chastity should be the primary means of preventing the transmission of AIDS.

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Why do Catholics cross themselves then kiss their fingers?

They make a cross with their thumb and index finger; the thumb is the vertical bar placed over the index finger, which is the horizontal bar. By kissing their thumb, they are symbolically kissing the Cross of Jesus. It implies a humble acceptance of one's own cross in imitation of Jesus Christ.

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What's the point of kissing with tongue?

Open mouth and tongue kissing are especially effective in upping the level of sexual arousal, because they increase the amount of saliva produced and exchanged. The more spit you swap, the more turned on you'll get.

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What do you call the kiss with tongue?

What Is a French Kiss? A French kiss (also called a tongue kiss, a deep kiss, or making out) is a kiss in which one or both partners use their tongues to stimulate each other's mouths for mutual sexual pleasure.

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Are lips an intimate part?

Our lips are the body's most exposed erogenous zone. Unlike in other animals, human lips are uniquely everted, meaning they purse outwardly. They are packed with sensitive nerve endings so even the slightest brush sends a cascade of information to our brains, which can feel very good.

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What does the Bible say about breasts?

Proverbs 5:18b says “…and rejoice with the wife of your youth.” Verse 19b says, “… Let her breast satisfy you at all times.” This scripture does not say that it is the breasts of only a young girl that gives a man satisfaction.

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What does the Bible say about physical intimacy before marriage?

1 Corinthians 7:1-2 says, “Now for the matters you wrote about: It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman. But since sexual immorality is occurring, each man should have sexual relations with his own wife, and each woman with her own husband.”

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Is it a sin to cuddle before marriage?

No, it's not sinful, but it is unwise.

The act that God deems sinful is sex before marriage, not kissing or cuddling.

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What does the Bible say about hugging before marriage?

Is it a sin for a Christian couple kiss and cuddle before marriage? No, it's not sinful, but it is unwise. The act that God deems sinful is sex before marriage, not kissing or cuddling.

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What does heaven kissing mean?

from The Century Dictionary.

Touching or seeming to touch the sky.

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Who kisses Jesus in the Bible?

The kiss of Judas, also known as the Betrayal of Christ, is the act with which Judas identified Jesus to the multitude with swords and clubs who had come from the chief priests and elders of the people to arrest him, according to the Synoptic Gospels.

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Who was the first person to kiss in the Bible?

And his father Isaac said unto him, Come near now, and kiss me, my son. Genesis 29:11 features the first man-woman kiss in the Bible, when Jacob flees from Esau and goes to the house of his uncle Laban: And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept.

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Can Christians in a relationship kiss?

Mutual affection between loving partners is not considered sinful by most Christian denominations. It does mean, however, that we should be careful about what is in our hearts and to make sure we maintain self-control when kissing.

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Is cuddling and kissing before marriage a sin?

No, it's not sinful, but it is unwise. The act that God deems sinful is sex before marriage, not kissing or cuddling.

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