CL 276, 280 - appearances in marriage

CL 276

. . . in marriages where married love is not genuine,

it should still be affected or be made to appear

as though it were.
It would be different if marriages once entered into

were not compacts to the end of life,

but could be dissolved at will.

The principle that marriages once contracted

are to continue on to the end of life in the world

is based on Divine law . . ..

CL 280

In a spiritual person joined to a natural one,

these simulations of married love

are a matter of justice and judgment. 

That is because a spiritual person does what he does

in accordance with justice and judgment. 

Therefore he does not see these simulations

as estranged from his inward affections

but as coupled together with them. 

For he is serious in his actions and looks

to amendment as the goal;

and if this is not attained,

he looks to accommodation,

for the sake of order in the home,

for the sake of maintaining their assistance to each other,

for the sake of providing for the care of infants,

for the sake of peace and tranquillity. 

He is led to these intentions by a sense of justice,

and with judgment he carries them into practice.

This is the way a spiritual person lives with a natural one,

because a spiritual person behaves spiritually,

even with one who is natural.