2007-02-24 06:21:59 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
So that Christians could feel like the own it and feel entitled to bossing people around, through the law, when it comes to who can marry and who can't.
2007-02-24 06:24:14 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 6⤋
Because a Sacrament is an outward sign of an unseen truth in grace. In the Sacrament of marriage (here again, a true Sacrament must be celebrated by a truly ordained priest), the two really do become one flesh, even in a Spiritual form.
2007-02-24 14:56:14 · answer #2 · answered by Midge 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God don't whant to give to men the animalic instinct to do children.
But, by the sin of Eve, men takes this instinct.
God in the Sacrament of mariage Bless the born of the children in that family.
2007-02-24 15:04:01 · answer #3 · answered by mirna 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know who 'made' it a sacrament, but it is an important one if you understand the significance. Give me a moment...
It is a Gnostic rite of passage. The Initiate, through this sacrament, is introduced to that 'arena' where spirit and flesh intersect.
Where the two 'become one flesh'.
There is more, but that's enough for now.
The meaning is exponential as you ascend the levels.
2007-02-24 14:31:12 · answer #4 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sacrament: (Noun); A formal religious ceremony conferring a specific grace on those who receive it; the two Protestant ceremonies are baptism and the Lord's Supper; in the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church there are seven traditional rites accepted as instituted by Jesus: baptism and confirmation and Holy Eucharist and penance and holy orders and matrimony and extreme unction
Protestants have 2. Catholics have 7. (Notice the "Accepted AS Instituted by Jesus" meaning, their "Version.")
2007-02-24 14:41:35 · answer #5 · answered by Da Mick 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I didn't know he did; I thought the early church did that. Christ is only depicted in the Gospels as instituting Baptism and the Eucharist, which is why Luther only recognized the two sacraments.
2007-02-24 15:07:16 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Read Mark 10:6-9. You will see that Marriage is a holy thing that God makes real.
2007-02-24 14:28:18 · answer #7 · answered by great gig in the sky 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He didn't but the church did, because a married man is usually a stable man - a man who thinks about his responsibilities and his future - a man less likely to shirk on the tithing or move away and take his money with him.
2007-02-24 14:37:11 · answer #8 · answered by Huddy 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
GOD INVENTED SEX - PRIESTS INVENTED MARRIAGE
It seems the truth that he did not is just not acceptable to anyone here but those who know the truth. Truth is, the sacrament was created centuries after Christ.
No one seems to want to hear that, so I will remove my proof and historical and biblical quotes and print a bit of pap that should be more appealing, even if it is patently untrue.
God created marriage,
for he knew we'd need a friend.
To share our hopes and dreams with,
and love us 'till the end.
God created marriage,
to teach us how to share.
All our earthly assets,
and make us more aware;
That someone else's feelings,
are more important than our own.
And not one of us is perfect,
so we can't cast a stone.
God created marriage,
to teach us to forgive.
His life was our example,
He showed us how to give.
God created marriage,
to teach us how to say.
"I love you" to another person,
each and every day.
.
2007-02-24 14:24:37 · answer #9 · answered by Noor al Haqiqa 6 · 0⤊ 3⤋
To give us the strength to keep our marriages together now that divorce is no longer allowed (for Christians).
2007-02-24 14:56:16 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because marriage was instituted by God Almighty
2007-02-24 14:27:07 · answer #11 · answered by tebone0315 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋