2007-06-30 14:10:57 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
well being in the spiritual and whatever section i thought it was clear that i wasn´t talking about the legal aspects of marriage....man one has to tell them every word
2007-06-30 14:17:02 · update #1
No.
2007-06-30 14:13:37 · answer #1 · answered by Esmerelda 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Marriage is an act of the will, not a rite or ritual. What makes you married is the act of your will, and the act of the will of your mate, that says to each other, I allow you to come into my life and become one flesh with me. It is the same as when you ask Christ to come into your life and become one flesh with you, in salvation. It does not matter who performs the rite, what matters are the wills of the two participants! It is an act of the will, not a ceremony. A ceremony is usually a part of the process, but it does not complete the action! A couple who is married by a judge is no less married than a couple who was married in a pastor or priest. God is the one who created marriage (Genesis 2:18-25). What matters is your heart before God, not the wedding ceremony itself.
However, no one is married in God's eyes if that marriage has not been recognized by the laws of the land in which the couple lives. God gave the laws and gave the government the authority to determine what constitutes a legal marriage (Romans chapter 13; Colossians 1:16). In the United States, a legal marriage is only binding with the necessary paperwork, and God honors those laws as well. God takes marriage very seriously; it is a sacred covenant not to be taken lightly. To not want to obey the laws of marriage in society indicates that you are not ready to make the unbreakable covenant marriage requires.
The Bible may not go into great detail about a wedding ceremony, but every culture that has ever existed has practiced some form of ceremony of joining a man and a woman together. God has built into human beings the understanding of a need for some form of wedding ceremony. Many understand Genesis 2:22-24 as God performing the first wedding ceremony.
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2007-06-30 21:24:51 · answer #2 · answered by Freedom 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Marriages are "Blessed" not consumated at church. Technically, everytime you have sex, you're doing the nuptial love.
"#5 What makes a marriage valid?
Marriage is bought about by the legitimately manifested consent (vows) of a properly qualified bride and groom. Among other things, this means that the bride and groom are the ministers of the sacrement of marriage. Although people typically say Fr. so-&-so married us, that's incorrect. Fr. so-&-so hasn't married anybody - he's a celibate. The priest (or deacon) only serves as an offical witness for the Church.
This is an important point. Marriage is not something that simply "happens" to the couple by virture of wearing a white dress and a tuxedo and going through the motions of a wedding ceremony. Marriage only "happens" if a bride and groom minister it to each other.
If they don't, they aren't married, even if they went through the motions. Of course, if a Catholic couple has had a wedding ceremony in accordance with the teaching of the Church, we're always to assume they did ministere the sacrament to each other.
In order for the marriage to be validly established (Catholic Church), spouses must: (1) not have any impediments to marriage (2) follow the proper form of the sacrament; (3) have the proper capacity to exchange consent & do so freely and unconditionally; and (4) consent to what the Church intends by marriage, that is: fidelity, indissolubility, and openness to childreen.
2007-06-30 21:18:29 · answer #3 · answered by Giggly Giraffe 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In Catholic theology, yes. In what is called the extraordinary form of marriage, a couple can exchange consent in the presence of witnesses if an official representative of the Church (usually a priest or a deacon) is not available.
2007-06-30 21:29:25 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can go to a courthouse and be married by a judge. It's fairly cheap, has no religious overtones, and it usually takes less than two or three hours.
Or you can head out to vegas and have a wedding in the drive thru lane. Lots of options out there.
2007-06-30 21:42:31 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know if where you are from has common law marriage, but in TX a common law marriage holds all the benefits as a licensed marriage. All you have to do is portray your selves as husband and wife to the public; for instance introduce yourselves as married a few time to people, and that'll do it.
2007-06-30 21:17:52 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sort of, you can go to a justice of the peace and get married, legally, for court costs. you need 2 witnesses, a licence, and about $75, and it takes about10 minutes. Generally, if you go to a small town courthouse, they fit you in between trials. oh, and you have to make an appointment in advance
2007-06-30 21:16:49 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure where or under what circumstances so-called "common law" marriages are legally recognized, you'd have to check that out locally, but that would be one way, I suppose.
2007-06-30 21:16:59 · answer #8 · answered by Clare † 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes you need a boat captain! so take that cruise and ask the captain to marry you two!! You will have to slip a couple hundred or so!!
2007-06-30 21:15:35 · answer #9 · answered by answerman 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You need to have a civil marriage to make it legal.
The religious part is optional.
2007-06-30 21:14:13 · answer #10 · answered by daljack -a girl 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
City hall, fill out the paperwork.
2007-06-30 21:17:00 · answer #11 · answered by punch 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋