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Marriage in the Catholic Church, also known as holy matrimony, is the "covenant by which a man and woman establish between themselves a partnership of the whole of life and which is ordered by its nature to the good of the spouses and the procreation and education of offspring", and which "has been raised by Christ the Lord to the dignity of a sacrament between the baptized". [1]
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Ecclesiastical, absolute, permanent (unless dispensed by the Apostolic See). Abduction. [23] One of the parties has been abducted with the view of contracting marriage. Ecclesiastical, [citation needed] temporary. Crimen. [24] One or both of the parties has brought about the death of a spouse with the view of entering marriage with each other.
The Church of England Marriage Measure 2008, No. 1 is a Church of England measure passed by the General Synod of the Church of England extending the right to marry in a Church of England church to parish churches with which a person has a qualifying connection.
Clerical marriage is thus not admitted in the Orthodox Church, unlike in the Protestant Churches. In the Russian Orthodox Church , the clergy , over time, formed a hereditary caste of priests . Marrying outside of these priestly families was strictly forbidden; indeed, some bishops did not even tolerate their clergy marrying outside of the ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 3 January 2025. There is 1 pending revision awaiting review. "In sickness and in health" redirects here. For other uses, see In sickness and in health (disambiguation). Promises each partner in a couple makes to the other during a wedding ceremony The examples and perspective in this article may not ...
This is true also if, through absence of ecclesiastical dispensation, there is an impediment of disparity of worship, or of consanguinity, or of affinity from lawful intercourse, or of spiritual relationship, or of certain previous legitimate marriage still existing. In these cases the ordinary may, with the participation of the defender ...
Marriage is available in England and Wales to both opposite-sex and same-sex couples and is legally recognised in the forms of both civil and religious marriage. Marriage laws have historically evolved separately from marriage laws in other jurisdictions in the United Kingdom. There is a distinction between religious marriages, conducted by an ...