Author Topic: Byzantine Rites of Betrothal and Holy Matrimony (Read 1223 times)

Hobbledehoy · « **on:** November 10, 2011, 01:44:36 PM »

Just as without the sublime lights of the Mysteries of grace and the gifts of the Holy Ghost, together with the Mystery of the eternal beatitude which is our ultimate end, moral theology can be abased into mere casuistry that only serves to point out what is evil and how it is evil, so discussions pertaining to marriage may be liable to become "Survival Guides" or "For Dummies" leaflets, if one loses sight of the sacredness and loftiness of the Holy Sacrament of Matrimony.

The Byzantine Church has rites for this Sacrament that are utterly breath-taking and show how Holy Mother Church sees marriage in its purest light.

From the tome Byzantine Missal for Sundays and Feast Days with Rites of Sacraments, and Various Offices and Prayers published at Birmingham, Alabama, by St. George's R. C. Byzantine Church in 1958, (having been printed at Tournai, Belgium, by Société Saint Jean l' Evangéliste, Desclée & Cie), here are the Byzantine ceremonies for Betrothal and Holy Matrimony.

Author Topic: Byzantine Rites of Betrothal and Holy Matrimony (Read 1223 times)

Hobbledehoy

Byzantine Rites of Betrothal and Holy Matrimony