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Episcopal LITURGY for a divorce!
« on: October 12, 2008, 10:30:03 PM »
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    Episcopal LITURGY for a divorce!
    « Reply #1 on: October 13, 2008, 03:13:46 AM »
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    The Undoing of the Vows

    The MAN faces the woman, takes her right hand, and says:

    In the name of God, I, N., release you, N., from your vow to be my wife. I thank you for the love and support you have given me. I ask your forgiveness for my part in the failure of our marriage.

    The WOMAN faces the man, takes his right hand, and says:

    In the name of God, I, N., release you, N., from your vow to be my husband. I thank you for the love and support you have given me. I ask your forgiveness for my part in the failure of our marriage.

    The CELEBRANT asks each in turn to return their rings:

    N., I give you this ring, which you gave me as a symbol of our marriage. In returning it, I set you free. I pray you will find peace and joy in your new life.



    "I release you from your vow..." ? Exuse me but you must have forgotten the part in the Bible where it says "What God has put together let no man put asunder". So you can't release your spouse from the marital vow - only God can do that.
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    Episcopal LITURGY for a divorce!
    « Reply #2 on: October 13, 2008, 01:51:44 PM »
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    In the name of God, I, N., release you, N., from your vow to be my wife. I thank you for the love and support you have given me. I ask your forgiveness for my part in the failure of our marriage.

    Isn't Henry VIII's religion great?

    When I read, "In the name of God...", for some reason that sounds similar to the priest's role, "In the person of Christ" as when a priest absolves us of our sins. Except you have a layman trying to fill that role, although not even a priest can annul a true marriage.

    There was, I believe, an Anglican bishop who called for unity between Anglicans in the United States and Britain.  It was concerning the admittance of gαy clergy, and no longer viewing ɧoɱosɛҳųαƖity as a sin. If I remember correctly he had said: "It is better for us to accept heresy than schism."

    If I wasn't Catholic, I think I would go mad.
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    2 Corinthians 4:3-4 

    And if our gospel be also hid, it is hid to them that are lost, In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of unbelievers, that the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not shine unto them.
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