I like that you have transitioned to smaller clips of the actual question and answer vs clicking on the full episode and finding that question. Also, commenting to help youtube algorithm
Not all Catholic Churches have wedding vows. In the Byzantine Rite, the Crowning Ceremony is different from the Western wedding ceremony. Consent is ascertained by the priest, who asks both the bride and the bridegroom if each one consents to marriage while both are still in the narthex of the church, before he leads them both into the nave. He then celebrates the Crowning, and conveys the Mystery (Sacrament) of Holy Crowning upon the couple. This is another difference between East and West, where marriage is concerned. In the West, it's the couple who are the ordinary ministers of the Sacrament of Holy Matrimony to each other, with either the priest or a deacon presiding as witness on behalf of the Church. In the East, it is the priest (and only a priest can preside) who is the minister of the Mystery of Holy Crowning, by bestowing the prayers of the Church upon the couple, and declaring them to be married, quoting Christ's words, "What God has joined together, let no man tear asunder."
There's more to the ceremony, but that would be to much to write here. I suggest that anyone wanting more info, they can search RU-vid for Byzantine Catholic Weddings.
The Copts don't even have the priest check. The assumption is that the couple wouldn't be at the church if they didn't want to marry. Traditionally, the man waits near the choir's area (at the front of the church). Her father then brings the woman to the church's main door (as opposed to the southern door through which she would usually enter) and she walks down the aisle alone to show that she leaves her father's house willingly to join her husband's house.
@@StuartistStudio1964 I’ve also heard that there is a prominent teaching or theologoumenon in Byzantine circles that aspects of the marital bond between the spouses survive death, is this true?
I'm a divorced woman who has been graciously received into the Catholic fold, with God's mercy. In reflecting on my failure, I returned to the Scriptures regarding marriage and what I would call "the one-flesh experience" that Jesus referred to in Mark 10 and Matthew 19. I have also studied the creation accounts in Genesis and the Song of Songs. Genesis 2:18-25 gives us an account of the first wedding, which has led me to believe that the taking of vows is perhaps not the best way to express what is really going on inside and between two people before, during, and after the ceremony (if the marriage is to be more than just outwardly, legally valid). God makes Eve out of Adam's own body to save Adam from being alone (after the animals were found to be inadequate), calling her the man's "proper help". The word "help" here is not a verb, but a state of being...it is not about what the woman does; rather, it is about what she is. While husband and wife help each other in many ways, this kind of help is a mystery. During this first ceremony witnessed only by God and the couple, Adam does not take a wedding vow. He makes a poetic declaration: "This at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh." Adam said this before the couple ever had sex...of course, it was literally, physically true, but it was also ontologically true. The woman doesn't stop being the man's proper help, even if she is incapacitated. As I thought on this, I wondered how many men would be able to look their bride in the eye in front of a room full of people and say with all sincerity to her, "You are now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh"? How many women could sincerely reply, out loud, "I am my beloved's, and he is mine"? I think the couple would know before the wedding ever took place whether they knew and trusted each other enough to declare these things in public. If there is reflection on this beforehand, a lot of bad marriages could be prevented...and good ones cemented.
There are Catholic marriage courses you need to attend at your parish for the priest doing the marriage. They explain all of this and other tools for couples to use when aligning the different cultures both of them bring to the home, tools to handle conflict and the meaning of marriage to the church. Sadly even after all of that it comes down to the individual person and whether or not they will honour their vows. Probably the biggest issue is the mental health of a person. Some people are not capable of staying in a committed relationship because they have unresolved issues or have issues which makes it impossible for them to stay in a life long union. Cluster B personality disorders are a real marriage killer before it even starts.
Hi, Jimmy! I have question about Incorrupt Bodies of Saints. I watched some very weak arguments from RU-vid channel Kevin Nontradicath that deny their supernatural cause, but I'm very interested if you know more and better arguments. Also this guy has video about some serious accusations on Catherine Labouré and her medal, so I would like to know more from you, because I trust you more. Also, nice video!
I need to call in and ask Jimmy a very important and theoretically-heavy burning question I’ve been wrestling with for a few weeks: Jimmy, how many purple shirts do you have?
Jimmy, do you think there's any spiritual significance in the way God created the animals and such vs. how He created us? In Genesis, it says, God created us, but that He caused the Earth to bring forth everything else. Do you think this supports the belief that humans have souls and animals don't? Or, do you believe everything has a soul, like St. Thomas Aquinas? Is anything on the Summa Theologica in the works for a future show? Thank you for all your hard work!
