Thanks Charles :)

Wayne+

-----Original Message-----
From: charles scott [mailto:crscottblu@...] 
Sent: Saturday, June 28, 2003 7:32 PM
To: faithandlife@...
Subject: RE: [FaithandLife] FIRST THE CHURCHES THEN THE GOVERNMENT


--- Wayne McNamara <Wayne.McNamara@...> wrote:
> Take a look at pages 300 and following in our Book
> of > Common Prayer.  From the viewpoint of the
militants in the gay/lesbian groups, the language is
hateful.
> 
> Charles+
> 
> What language might that be?  I do not have a copy
> of the Prayer Book of mention.
> 
> Thanks.  Wayne+
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Sorry Wayne, I was referring to the Marriage 
Rite in the 1928 BCP. 

Here is a copy of it.  You can find the entire 1928
prayer book at
http://www.episcopalnet.org/1928bcp/Matrimony.html
http://www.episcopalnet.org/1928bcp/


The Form of
Solemnization of Matrimony

¶ At the day and time appointed for Solemnization of
Matrimony, the Persons to be married shall come into
the body of the Church, or shall be ready in some
proper house, with their friends and neighbours; and
there standing together, the Man on the right hand,
and the Woman on the left, the Minister shall say,

DEARLY beloved, we are gathered together here in the
sight of God, and in the face of this company, to join
together this Man and this Woman in holy Matrimony;
which is an honourable estate, instituted of God,
signifying unto us the mystical union that is betwixt
Christ and his Church: which holy estate Christ
adorned and beautified with his presence and first
miracle that he wrought in Cana of Galilee, and is
commended of Saint Paul to be honourable among all
men: and therefore is not by any to be entered into
unadvisedly or lightly; but reverently, discreetly,
advisedly, soberly, and in the fear of God. Into this
holy estate these two persons present come now to be
joined. If any man can show just cause, why they may
not lawfully be joined together, let him now speak, or
else hereafter for ever hold his peace.


¶ And also speaking unto the Persons who are to be
married, he shall say,

I REQUIRE and charge you both, as ye will answer at
the dreadful day of judgment when the secrets of all
hearts shall be disclosed, that if either of you know
any impediment, why ye may not be lawfully joined
together in Matrimony, ye do now confess it. For be ye
well assured, that if any persons are joined together
otherwise than as God's Word doth allow, their
marriage is not lawful.

¶ The Minister, if he shall have reason to doubt of
the lawfulness of the proposed Marriage, may demand
sufficient surety for his indemnification: but if no
impediment shall be alleged, or suspected, the
Minister shall say to the Man,

N. WILT thou have this Woman to thy wedded wife, to
live together after God's ordinance in the holy estate
of Matrimony? Wilt thou love her, comfort her, honour,
and keep her in sickness and in health; and, forsaking
all others, keep thee only unto her, so long as ye
both shall live?

¶ The Man shall answer,


I will.

¶ Then shall the Minister say unto the Woman,
N. WILT thou have this Man to thy wedded husband, to
live together after God's ordinance in the holy estate
of Matrimony? Wilt thou love him, comfort him, honour,
and keep him in sickness and in health; and, forsaking
all others, keep thee only unto him, so long as ye
both shall live?

¶ The Woman shall answer,


I will.

¶ Then shall the Minister say,


Who giveth this Woman to be married to this Man?

¶ Then shall they give their troth to each other in
this manner. The Minister, receiving the Woman at her
father's or friend's hands, shall cause the Man with
his right hand to take the Woman by her right hand,
and to say after him as followeth.

I N. take thee N. to my wedded Wife, to have and to
hold from this day forward, for better for worse, for
richer for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love
and to cherish, till death us do part, according to
God's holy ordinance; and thereto I plight thee my
troth.


¶ Then shall they loose their hands; and the Woman
with her right hand taking the Man by his right hand,
shall likewise say after the Minister,

I N. take thee N. to my wedded Husband, to have and to
hold from this day forward, for better for worse, for
richer for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love
and to cherish, till death us do part, according to
God's holy ordinance; and thereto I give thee my
troth.


¶ Then shall they again loose their hands; and the Man
shall give unto the Woman a Ring on this wise: the
Minister taking the Ring shall deliver it unto the
Man, to put it upon the fourth finger of the Woman's
left hand. And the Man holding the Ring there, and
taught by the Minister, shall say,

WITH this Ring I thee wed: In the Name of the Father,
and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.


¶ And, before delivering the Ring to the Man, the
Minister may say as followeth.

BLESS, O Lord, this Ring, that he who gives it and she
who wears it may abide in thy peace, and continue in
thy favour, unto their life's end; through Jesus
Christ our Lord. Amen.

¶ Then, the Man leaving the Ring upon the fourth
finger of the Woman's left hand, the Minister shall
say,

Let us pray.


¶ Then shall the Minister and the People, still
standing, say the Lord's Prayer.

OUR Father, who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name.
Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, On earth as it is
in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And
forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive, those who
trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation,
But deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom,
and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen.

¶ Then shall the Minister add,
O ETERNAL God, Creator and Preserver of all mankind,
Giver of all spiritual grace, the Author of
everlasting life; Send thy blessing upon these thy
servants, this man and this woman, whom we bless in
thy Name; that they, living faithfully together, may
surely perform and keep the vow and covenant betwixt
them made, (whereof this Ring given and received is a
token and pledge,) and may ever remain in perfect love
and peace together, and live according to thy laws;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

¶ The Minister may add one or both of the following
prayers.

O ALMIGHTY God, Creator of mankind, who only art the
well-spring of life; Bestow upon these thy servants,
if it be thy will, the gift and heritage of children;
and grant that they may see their children brought up
in thy faith and fear, to the honour and glory of thy
Name; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

O GOD, who hast so consecrated the state of Matrimony
that in it is represented the spiritual marriage and
unity betwixt Christ and his Church; Look mercifully
upon these thy servants, that they may love, honour,
and cherish each other, and so live together in
faithfulness and patience, in wisdom and true
godliness, that their home may be a haven of blessing
and of peace; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord,
who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit
ever, one God, world without end. Amen.


¶ Then shall the Minister join their right hands
together, and say,

Those whom God hath joined together let no man put
asunder.


¶ Then shall the Minister speak unto the company.

FORASMUCH as N. and N. have consented together in holy
wedlock, and have witnessed the same before God and
this company, and thereto have given and pledged their
troth, each to the other, and have declared the same
by giving and receiving a Ring, and by joining hands;
I pronounce that they are Man and Wife, In the Name of
the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.
Amen.

¶ The Man and Wife kneeling, the Minister shall add
this Blessing.

GOD the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Ghost,
bless, preserve, and keep you; the Lord mercifully
with his favour look upon you, and fill you with all
spiritual benediction and grace; that ye may so live
together in this life, that in the world to come ye
may have life everlasting. Amen.

¶ The laws respecting Matrimony, whether by publishing
the Banns in Churches, or by Licence, being different
in the several States, every Minister is left to the
direction of those laws, in every thing that regards
the civil contract between the parties.

¶ And when the Banns are published, it shall be in the
following form: I publish the Banns of Marriage
between N. of--, and N. of--. If any of you know
cause, or just impediment, why these two persons
should not be joined together in holy Matrimony, ye
are to declare it. This is the first [second or third]
time of asking.









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