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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]
Holy Matrimony is another name for sacramental marriage. Marriage is intended to be a faithful, exclusive, lifelong union of a man and a woman. Committing themselves completely to each other, a Catholic husband and wife strive to sanctify each other, bring children into the world, and educate them in the Catholic way of life.
Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a culturally and often legally recognised union between people called spouses.It establishes rights and obligations between them, as well as between them and their children (if any), and between them and their in-laws. [1]
In determining the meaning of any Act of Congress, or of any ruling, regulation, or interpretation of the various administrative bureaus and agencies of the United States, the word 'marriage' means only a legal union between one man and one woman as husband and wife, and the word 'spouse' refers only to a person of the opposite sex who is a ...
A civil marriage is a marriage performed, recorded, and recognized by a government official. [1] Such a marriage may be performed by a religious body and recognized by the state, or it may be entirely secular .
The banns of marriage, commonly known simply as the "banns" or "bans" / ˈ b æ n z / (from a Middle English word meaning "proclamation", rooted in Frankish and thence in Old French), [1] are the public announcement in a Christian parish church, or in the town council, of an impending marriage between two specified persons.
An irregularity is a canonical impediment directly impeding the reception of tonsure and holy orders or preventing the exercise of orders already received. [32] Mental illness that prevents fulfillment of the duties of the priesthood. [33] Apostasy, heresy or schism. Previous rejection of the faith which was public and notorious is an ...
Holy matrimony is a phrase used to describe Christian marriage. It may also refer to: Holy Matrimony, a comedy starring Monty Woolley and Gracie Fields; Holy Matrimony, a comedy directed by Leonard Nimoy "Holy Matrimony!", an episode of Pokémon "Holy Matrimony" (Brothers & Sisters episode), an episode of Brothers & Sisters