What happens in Christian marriage ceremonies?

Question

I know theres the:
Questions
Vows
Exchangeing rings
Nuptial blessing
signing marriage register

but i need to know a bit about each for RE and i cant find anything on the net about 'questions' so please can someone help??

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I'm asking more about the meaning and why each part of the ceremony is done.
By the way I'm catholic and have been to weddings when i was younger so im not going to believe you if you tell me they cut the head off a chicken or whatever.

Answer 1

It varies a bit - each denomination has its own variations on the theme. The questions and vows are basically the same as in a secular marriage ceremony - they have to follow particular words to make the marriage legal.

But for the full modern version of the Anglican marriage ceremony, try this link:

http://www.cofe.anglican.org/worship/liturgy/commonworship/texts/marriage/marriage.html

It's quite long so you have to scroll way down to find the questions, vows, etc.

Answer 2

There are different types of christian ceremonies. Catholic ceremonies are different from Lutheran ceremonies which are different from Lutheran ceremonies. The catholic weddings I've been to include communion, and sometimes a sermon and hymns. My sister was married in a Lutheran ceremony and hers just included readings from the bible, the vows, and the lighting of the unity candle. I agree that your best option is to ask a pastor, priest, or minister. But I personally think this is a bad assignment because there are different branches of Christianity, they're not all the same religion, so they don't do all things the same.

Answer 3

Same as all marriage ceremonies, some poor schnook gets shafted!