2006-06-19 02:18:41 · 11 answers · asked by katyabbott5 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Because you can feel a person's pulse on that finger, it was believed in the Middle Ages that there was a direct connection between that finger and the "heart". The ring was suppose to "bind" the heart so that the woman wearing it would be faithful to her husband. (At that time the men did not wear wedding rings, Hmmm?!)
2006-06-19 02:25:23 · answer #1 · answered by dewcoons 7 · 5⤊ 1⤋
The Wedding Ring probably originates with the ancient Egyptians. They used a bracelet as the symbol of marriage (being round, it was endless). This "wedding bracelet" practice was subsequently adopted by other nations/cultures.
The Romans and Greeks are the first known cultures to offer a gold ring to their brides. It symbolized both their love (it was thought that the fourth finger of the left hand contained the "vein of love"...which ran directly to the heart) and a commitment in the marriage contract.
The Jews later adopted the practice into their own marriage rite (400 AD?). Among Christians, the Wedding ring was adopted into the marriage service around the ninth century.
2006-06-19 02:59:23 · answer #2 · answered by Seven 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it is because the left hand is closer to your heart than the right hand.
However, not all countries/cultures place the wedding ring on their left hand. Certainly in Germany people have their wedding ring on their right hand. Over there it is custom to wear the engagement ring (traditionally NOT a big rock but a gold ring) on the left hand. At the wedding the engagement ring will be re-placed on to the right hand. It is the same ring, though, possibly with a new inscription of name and date...
2006-06-19 02:29:35 · answer #3 · answered by hystoriker 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think its beacuse in the 16th century, the arch diocese of Salisbury, and the arch bishop there, who i think later became pope Puis IX, used to tell the couples who were getting married before him to place the ring firstly on the thumb of the left hand and say "In the name of the father", then to remove the ring and place it on the index finger and say "The son", remove the ring and place it on the middle finger and say "and the holy spirit" and finally remove it and place it on the fourth finger an say "Amen", and then leaving the ring there. Ands thats how we come to have that as the wedding ring finger
2006-06-19 02:25:48 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well it is belived that the ring placed in right hand has a vein that connects directly to heart which makes it a gud reason to place it on a marriage day
2006-06-19 02:23:10 · answer #5 · answered by Mellesa 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i don't know about the finger, but the ring is put on the left hand b/c it's closer to your heart.
2006-06-19 02:22:39 · answer #6 · answered by vanilla_bean_dream 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the past it was believed that there was a vein from that finger only that led directly to the heart.
2006-06-19 02:21:34 · answer #7 · answered by Songbird 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
bcoz the vein of ring finger is directly connected to ur heart & the relations that hurts u also connected to heart.
2006-06-19 02:34:26 · answer #8 · answered by nikki k 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We can slip that ring anywhere we want . . just to be unique. However, it just so happen that it is more logical to place it on the left . . . and it became a TRADITION. .
2006-06-19 02:35:25 · answer #9 · answered by eruptive999 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because you gotta use the other hand for making love!
2006-06-19 02:22:50 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋