Questions tagged [weddings]

The tag has no usage guidance.

Filter by
Sorted by
Tagged with
2 votes
4 answers
397 views

Can a non virgin have a church wedding?

A friend of mine who is a Christian made a mistake and lost her virginity before marriage. According to the rules of the Assemblies of God denomination, can she still have a church wedding?
Nina's user avatar
  • 37
1 vote
1 answer
172 views

Can Catholics receive a canonically valid marriage after civil elopement?

Would it be legitimate in the eyes of the Church if two Catholics eloped civilly prior to receiving a Catholic wedding - then later enter in to a canonically valid marriage after the 8 month waiting/...
Display name's user avatar
3 votes
0 answers
52 views

Are registers signed during a Convalidation ceremony

My husband is Roman Catholic and I m Pentecostal. We married under a lot of pressure with no family members present. After much strife our families have agreed We have been trying to book a notice of ...
Angel's user avatar
  • 31
1 vote
0 answers
75 views

What is the Catholic view on wine consumption at the Wedding of Cana?

The Catholic theologian & bishop Fulton Sheen wrote about (emphasis added) the Marriage Feast at Cana: Sometimes these Eastern marriages lasted for seven days, but in the case of the poorer ...
Jess's user avatar
  • 3,427
1 vote
2 answers
250 views

Which Church Fathers say the New Adam married the New Eve at the wedding of Cana?

Bishop Josephus Meile (†1957) claims in Die jungfräulichen Seelen in der Welt (The Virgin Souls in the World) p. 28 that At the time of the wedding at Cana, as the Fathers of the Church testify, ...
Geremia's user avatar
  • 37.9k
5 votes
1 answer
382 views

What evidence is there that Jewish weddings staged a mock kidnapping of the bride?

Proponents of a rapture sometimes say that Jewish weddings staged a mock kidnapping of the bride, which is a symbol for the future rapture of the church. For example another answer quotes Nancy ...
curiousdannii's user avatar
  • 19.8k
1 vote
1 answer
114 views

Religious Blessing at a Non-religious Wedding

My daughter has decided to have a non-catholic/non-religious wedding. There does not seem to be any possibility of changing her mind mostly due to her fiance. Needless to say this has caused some "...
Daniel Kane's user avatar