2006-08-06 07:06:47 · 7 answers · asked by kritikos43 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
There you are.
Tons of them.
There are very few real Christians.
I was one of those that got married and was not a Christian at that time.
In the Catholic Church by the way.
So you didn't like my poem?
2006-08-06 07:13:27 · answer #1 · answered by chris p 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Isn't Holy Matrimony an oxymoron? or something thar Robin says to Batman?
None of them did. Holy is a term used to descibe things connonical to the Catholic Faith during the early developement of the human race, especially when used in the term Holy Matrimony as that was a distinction made by the Church of Rome to elevate it's marriages over heretical unions. There is some debate over weather or not that trademark is still enforcable but claiming that a non-catholic can enter Holy Matrimony is comparable to claiming that the Band-Aid Company isn't the only manufacturer of bandaids.
2006-08-06 14:42:26 · answer #2 · answered by W0LF 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on your views of holy matrimony. My husband is Buddhist and I'm Pagan, we were wed at the courthouse with our on spin on the ceremony, lol. We are currently planning on being handfasted, which is of my beliefs. The legal system doesn't recognize a Priestess as an ordained minister and for it to be legal, the paperwork has to be signed by an ordained minister. If we could legally be handfasted and be recognized as a couple, then we wouldn't need the christian part of it. Which goes to show once again the discrimination present in this country.
2006-08-06 14:18:23 · answer #3 · answered by lilbitadevil 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know many Wiccans and Pagans who have been handfasted and wed in the sight of the God and Goddess. Therefore, they are non-Christian, but were wed in Holy Matrimony.
Holy - Belonging to, derived from, or associated with a divine power; sacred.
Matrimony - The act or state of being married; marriage.
2006-08-06 14:10:33 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't be legalistic.
FAQ: How could a loving God cast people into hell?
"And I have the keys of hell and death, signifies that He alone can save. By "keys" is signified the power of opening and shutting; here the power of opening hell, that man may be brought forth, and of shutting, lest, when he is brought forth, he should enter again. For man is born in evils of all kinds, thus in hell, for evils are hell; he is brought out of it by the Lord, to whom belongs the power of opening it. That by "having the keys of hell and death," is not meant the power of casting into hell, but the power of saving, is because it immediately follows after these words:
Behold, I am alive for ages of ages;
by which is signified that He alone is eternal life (n. 60); and the Lord never casts anyone into hell, but man casts himself. By "keys" is signified the power of opening and shutting, in Revelation also (3:7; 9:1; 20:1; also in Isa. 22:21, 22; in Matt. 16:19; and in Luke 11:52). The power of the Lord is not only over heaven, but also over hell; for hell is kept in order and connection by oppositions against heaven; for which reason, He who rules the one must necessarily rule the other; otherwise man could not be saved; to be saved is to be brought out of hell" (Apocalypse Revealed n. 62).
2006-08-06 14:10:40 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-08-06 14:12:03 · answer #6 · answered by HEY boo boo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
lotts and lotts.
2006-08-06 14:09:32 · answer #7 · answered by JOEYSMOM2 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋