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The Christian matrimonial views regard marriage as ordered by God for the lifelong union of a man and a woman. This foundational principle was first articulated biblically in Genesis 2:24. In christianity marriage is seen by the Apostle Paul of Tarsus as paralleling the relationship between Christ and the Church. This is a theological view which is a development of the Old Testament view that finds an analogue between marriage and the relationship between God and Israel. According to Christian matrimonial rites marriage between believers, is often compared to a picture of the Trinity. Though a woman and a man are separate individuals, in Christian marriage they become joined by God as one flesh in a manner same as Adam and Eve.
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Most christian wedding ceremonies take place in churches. Some couples choose quaint or nostalgic secular locations in which they are married in the presence of a clergy. In Roman Catholicism, the church teaches that marriage is God's doing: "God Himself is the author of marriage”.As a marriage is a divine institution it can never be broken, even if the partners are legally divorced. As long as they are both alive, the Church considers them bound together by God. Marriage, according to Christian matrimonial is intended to be a faithful, exclusive and a lifelong union of a man and a woman. They are joined in an intimate community of life and love. They commit themselves entirely to each other and to the responsibility of bringing children into the world and caring for them. The call to marriage is considered to be threaded profoundly into the human spirit.
In God's plan for marriage, holy matrimony is considered an intrinsic union in which the spouses give themselves, as equal persons, completely and lovingly to one another. The Roman Catholic Church instructs that marriage is both a natural institution and a sacred union since it is rooted in the divine plan for creation. The valid marriage of baptized Christians is considered as one of the seven Roman Catholic sacraments. In Eastern orthodoxy, Christian matrimonial is treated as a Sacred Mystery and as a divine order.The external sign of marriage is not the exchange of rings. This in fact, takes place at the betrothal. Marriage is rather considered complete in placing the wedding crowns upon the heads of the couple, and their sharing in a "Common Cup" of wine. For this reason, the Orthodox also called the Rite of Marriage as "Crowning."
Almost all Protestant appellations hold marriage to be ordained by God for the union between a man and a woman. They see the primary purpose of marriage as to glorify God by demonstrating his love to the world. Marriages according to Catholic church is an indissoluble bond between a man and a woman.
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