Gabriela Posted April 13, 2015 Posted April 13, 2015 I don't understand: Why can't the Church just perform a marriage and leave the paperwork to the parties getting hitched? What would happen to the Church if She did such a thing? Is there seriously a law against a church performing a wedding without first notifying the guvament that it's about to happen? That cannot be...
truthfinder Posted April 13, 2015 Posted April 13, 2015 There are major issues this demand by the Church imposes. In Dodge City, there's a very high Mexican population, and a fair percentage of that population are not legal citizens. The diocese is in a bind because many of the parishioners are avoiding marriage altogether because they don't want to be exposed as illegal, and this poses obvious moral issues on behalf of those people forgoing marriage and shacking up. There is a way through canon law to conduct these marriages (without the state). But these are exceptions.
truthfinder Posted April 13, 2015 Posted April 13, 2015 I don't understand: Why can't the Church just perform a marriage and leave the paperwork to the parties getting hitched? What would happen to the Church if She did such a thing? Is there seriously a law against a church performing a wedding without first notifying the guvament that it's about to happen? That cannot be... The church could absolutely do this - however, I'm thinking that the rationale is that all marriage she performs should be recognized by the state because marriage is inherently a public matter.
Ark Posted April 15, 2015 Posted April 15, 2015 This is what will happen when you graduate with a lib arts degree.
HopefulHeart Posted April 17, 2015 Posted April 17, 2015 (edited) PhuturePriest, I highly recommend looking at this book before you start college: College Rules. It was a great help in figuring out the academic side of things, especially since I was used to the routine and flexibility of homeschooling. Even if your homeschooling experience was pretty rigorous, as mine was, I would still urge you to check out the book. I know that was off topic, but just wanted to get it out there Edited April 17, 2015 by HopefulHeart
Gabriela Posted April 17, 2015 Posted April 17, 2015 I recommend the book, Say This, Not That to Your Professor. Hopefully no one here actually needs this book, but good grief do some of my students...
PhuturePriest Posted April 17, 2015 Author Posted April 17, 2015 PhuturePriest, I highly recommend looking at this book before you start college: College Rules. It was a great help in figuring out the academic side of things, especially since I was used to the routine and flexibility of homeschooling. Even if your homeschooling experience was pretty rigorous, as mine was, I would still urge you to check out the book. I know that was off topic, but just wanted to get it out there Thanks very much. My homeschooling was far from rigorous, so I will definitely read this book. I'm sure it will be quite beneficial.
Era Might Posted April 17, 2015 Posted April 17, 2015 (edited) This is what will happen when you graduate with a lib arts degree. But this is what happens when you read Tolstoy, Austen, Dante, and Dickens in the library with a blanket over your head. Edited April 17, 2015 by Era Might
HopefulHeart Posted April 17, 2015 Posted April 17, 2015 Thanks very much. My homeschooling was far from rigorous, so I will definitely read this book. I'm sure it will be quite beneficial. Great, I hope it helps! I also recommend A Pocket Style Manual for details about writing papers and citing your sources. You might even be assigned to buy a copy as a part of your freshman composition class. The guide to different formats of citation is really helpful, since knowing how to cite your sources properly is a VERY important skill for college.
truthfinder Posted April 17, 2015 Posted April 17, 2015 Although I echo the sentiment of HopefulHeart, every single department and university will typically have different citation and style requirement. History is usually Chicago, English: MLA, others APA. A good part of university is learning what contradictory demands every professor makes (I had one come up with his own citation style basically on a whim). But perhaps the most important thing, if you're unclear about how to do citations and good university papers, ask either the prof or the TA, it will save you so much academic pain.
Nihil Obstat Posted April 17, 2015 Posted April 17, 2015 I might be in a different kind of situation, but I have only ever had a couple professors who cared about citation style. I generally just wing it with something resembling APA.
truthfinder Posted April 17, 2015 Posted April 17, 2015 And this is why the world burns... and to save it, the Historian's bible http://www.amazon.ca/Chicago-Manual-Style-16th/dp/0226104206/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1429300886&sr=8-1&keywords=chicago+manual
Nihil Obstat Posted April 17, 2015 Posted April 17, 2015 My citations would probably give you a stroke. In text: (Human Development Report 2014, United Nations Development Programme) In reference list: Human Development Report 2014 , United Nations Development Programme
truthfinder Posted April 17, 2015 Posted April 17, 2015 I would probably throw some exorcised salt at that.
Nihil Obstat Posted April 17, 2015 Posted April 17, 2015 Earlier this week I was using footnotes instead of in text citations with a bibliography. Made up the format of the footnotes as I went. [1] Alberta Energy, “Facts and Statistics.” http://www.energy.alberta.ca/oilsands/791.asp [1] Beine, Bos, Coulombe, “Does the Canadian economy suffer from Dutch Disease?” [1] Chambers, Gordon, “Primary Products and Economic Growth: An Empirical Measurement.”
truthfinder Posted April 17, 2015 Posted April 17, 2015 Well I'd be fine with the first one. But the other two: are they articles, books, who's the publisher, etc.?
Nihil Obstat Posted April 17, 2015 Posted April 17, 2015 Well I'd be fine with the first one. But the other two: are they articles, books, who's the publisher, etc.? One is a journal article and the other is, I believe, a chapter from a larger book. But since the professor does not seem to care, neither do I. (That is why I could never go to grad school.)
truthfinder Posted April 17, 2015 Posted April 17, 2015 One is a journal article and the other is, I believe, a chapter from a larger book. But since the professor does not seem to care, neither do I. (That is why I could never go to grad school.) I learnt the proper citation years ago and for the last while have just been working on memory. Although, I have been introduced to a great tool called Zotero which will help you create a database of sources and can even do your citations directly in Word if you get the plugin. So useful, and can do bibliographies so quickly in pretty much whatever format is needed. I haven't written my own citations all year (although I do fix some of the auto generated issues such as excessive all caps. )
Nihil Obstat Posted April 17, 2015 Posted April 17, 2015 Yeah, I heard about that the other day! Next semester I will definitely be trying it out.
Gabriela Posted April 19, 2015 Posted April 19, 2015 Every single one of you needs to visit the Purdue Online Writing Lab, the world's best free resource for writing "in style" (Chicago, MLA, APA, etc.). Go. Now. https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/
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