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7 results for “Chapter 59: The Solemnization of Marriage”

BCO Book of Church Order (PCA)
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59.3
59-3
59-3. Marriage is only to be between one man and one woman (Gen. 2:24, 25; Matt. …
 59.6
59-6
59-6. Marriage is of a public nature. The welfare of civil society, the happiness of families, …
 59.1
59-1
59-1. Marriage is a divine institution though not a sacrament, nor peculiar to the Church of …
 59.2
59-2
59-2. Christians should marry in the Lord; therefore it is fit that their marriage be solemnized by a lawful minister, that special instruction be given them, and suitable …
 59.4
59-4
… previously obtained, and well certified to the minister before he proceeds to solemnize the marriage.
 59.7
59-7
… the names of all persons whom he marries, and of the time of their marriage, for the perusal of all whom it may concern.
 59.5
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59-5. Parents should neither compel their children to marry contrary to their inclinations, nor deny their consent without just and important reasons.