Kept in the African Methodist Episcopal Church, the first denomination in the United States founded by Black people. The marriage service descends from the Prayer Book by way of Wesley's abridgement of it for the American societies.
Kept in the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church. The marriage service descends from the Prayer Book by way of Wesley's abridgement of it for the American societies.
Kept across the provinces of the Anglican Communion. The marriage service of the Prayer Book, with its vow to have and to hold, is the ancestor of the wedding words used across the English-speaking world, including by people of no religion.
The marriage service of the Prayer Book, with its vow to have and to hold, is the ancestor of the wedding words used across the English-speaking world, including by people of no religion.
Kept in the Armenian Apostolic Church. The marriage rite is a crowning, as in the Byzantine churches, with a distinct anointing of the couple in the Coptic form.
Marriage is a mystery of the church, with the crowning and the blessing of the ring.
Marriage is solemnised by the congregation's minister and is not held to be a sacrament.
Marriage follows the community's own rite.
Kept in Breslov Hasidism. Marriage is contracted by the giving of an object of value in the presence of two witnesses, and it is followed by the seven blessings.
Marriage is not a sacrament, and the Confession treats it under the law of God rather than under the ordinances of the church.
Kept in Chabad-Lubavitch. Marriage is contracted by the giving of an object of value in the presence of two witnesses, and it is followed by the seven blessings.
Kept in the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church. The marriage service descends from the Prayer Book by way of Wesley's abridgement of it for the American societies.
Kept in the Church of Cyprus, autocephalous since the Council of Ephesus in 431. The marriage service is the Crowning, and the priest is the minister of the sacrament rather than a witness to a contract the couple make, which is the opposite of the Roman analysis.
Kept in the Church of England, the province from which the Prayer Book tradition comes. The marriage service of the Prayer Book, with its vow to have and to hold, is the ancestor of the wedding words used across the English-speaking world, including by people of no religion.
Marriage is solemnised by the congregation's minister.
Kept in the Church of Greece. The marriage service is the Crowning, and the priest is the minister of the sacrament rather than a witness to a contract the couple make, which is the opposite of the Roman analysis.
Kept in the Church of Ireland. The marriage service of the Prayer Book, with its vow to have and to hold, is the ancestor of the wedding words used across the English-speaking world, including by people of no religion.
Kept in the Church of Scotland, the established Presbyterian church of that country. Marriage is not a sacrament, and the Confession treats it under the law of God rather than under the ordinances of the church.
Kept in the Church of Sweden, which retained the historic episcopate through the Reformation as few Lutheran churches did. Marriage is a civil estate blessed by the church rather than a sacrament, and Lutheran clergy marry.
Kept in the Church of the Nazarene, which stands in the Wesleyan holiness line. The marriage service descends from the Prayer Book by way of Wesley's abridgement of it for the American societies.
Marriage follows the traditional form, with a clause added to the marriage contract to protect a wife whose husband refuses a divorce.
Kept in the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria. The marriage rite is a crowning, as in the Byzantine churches, with a distinct anointing of the couple in the Coptic form.
Marriage is solemnised by the congregation's minister.
Kept in the Dutch Reformed tradition, which holds the Heidelberg Catechism among its confessional standards. Marriage is not a sacrament, and the Confession treats it under the law of God rather than under the ordinances of the church.
The marriage service is the Crowning, and the priest is the minister of the sacrament rather than a witness to a contract the couple make, which is the opposite of the Roman analysis.
Kept in the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, the see of first honour among the Orthodox churches. The marriage service is the Crowning, and the priest is the minister of the sacrament rather than a witness to a contract the couple make, which is the opposite of the Roman analysis.
Kept in the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church. The marriage rite is a crowning, as in the Byzantine churches, with a distinct anointing of the couple in the Coptic form.
Kept in the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church. The marriage rite is a crowning, as in the Byzantine churches, with a distinct anointing of the couple in the Coptic form.
Kept in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Marriage is a civil estate blessed by the church rather than a sacrament, and Lutheran clergy marry.
Kept in the Free Methodist Church. The marriage service descends from the Prayer Book by way of Wesley's abridgement of it for the American societies.
Kept in the Georgian Orthodox Church, which has used its own language and script in worship since the fifth century. The marriage service is the Crowning, and the priest is the minister of the sacrament rather than a witness to a contract the couple make, which is the opposite of the Roman analysis.
Kept in the Global Methodist Church, formed in 2022. The marriage service descends from the Prayer Book by way of Wesley's abridgement of it for the American societies.
Kept in the Greek Orthodox churches. The marriage service is the Crowning, and the priest is the minister of the sacrament rather than a witness to a contract the couple make, which is the opposite of the Roman analysis.
Kept in Haredi Judaism, where the halakhic standard is the strictest and the most stringent opinion is ordinarily followed. Marriage is contracted by the giving of an object of value in the presence of two witnesses, and it is followed by the seven blessings.
Kept in Hasidic Judaism. Marriage is contracted by the giving of an object of value in the presence of two witnesses, and it is followed by the seven blessings.
Marriage is solemnised by this movement's own celebrants.
Marriage is contracted within the community, and Karaite marriage law has its own rules of forbidden degrees which differ from the rabbinic ones.
Marriage is a civil estate blessed by the church rather than a sacrament, and Lutheran clergy marry.
The marriage rite is a crowning in the Syriac form.
Marriage is within the church, and the Dordrecht confession restricts it to those of the same faith.
The marriage service descends from the Prayer Book by way of Wesley's abridgement of it for the American societies.
Kept in Modern Orthodox Judaism, alongside full engagement with secular study and with the state. Marriage is contracted by the giving of an object of value in the presence of two witnesses, and it is followed by the seven blessings.
Marriage is solemnised in the congregation.
Kept in the National Baptist Convention of America International. Marriage is solemnised by the congregation's minister and is not held to be a sacrament.
The crowning is served from the older books. In the priestless communities marriage has been a standing problem, since there is no priest to serve it.
The marriage rite is a crowning, as in the Byzantine churches, with a distinct anointing of the couple in the Coptic form.
Marriage is contracted by the giving of an object of value in the presence of two witnesses, and it is followed by the seven blessings.
Marriage is solemnised by a minister, and the Confession treats it as a civil estate that the church blesses.
Kept in the Progressive National Baptist Convention. Marriage is solemnised by the congregation's minister and is not held to be a sacrament.
Friends marry themselves. There is no officiant and no pronouncement: the couple make their promises in a meeting for worship and every person present signs the certificate as a witness. English law has recognised this form since 1753.
Marriage is solemnised by a rabbi, and this movement's rabbis officiate at same sex marriages.
Marriage is solemnised by a rabbi, and this movement's rabbis officiate at same sex marriages and, many of them, at marriages between a Jew and a non-Jew.
The couple are held to confer the sacrament on each other and the priest to be the church's witness, which is why consent, and not the ceremony, is the ground on which a marriage can later be declared null.
Kept in the Romanian Orthodox Church, the one Orthodox church of the Byzantine tradition whose language is Romance. The marriage service is the Crowning, and the priest is the minister of the sacrament rather than a witness to a contract the couple make, which is the opposite of the Roman analysis.
Kept in the Russian Orthodox Church, in the Slavonic recension of the Byzantine books. The marriage service is the Crowning, and the priest is the minister of the sacrament rather than a witness to a contract the couple make, which is the opposite of the Roman analysis.
The marriage rite is a crowning, with the tying of the thali, a local usage found in no other Christian marriage rite.
Kept in the Serbian Orthodox Church. The marriage service is the Crowning, and the priest is the minister of the sacrament rather than a witness to a contract the couple make, which is the opposite of the Roman analysis.
Kept in the Episcopal Church, whose own Prayer Book descends from the Scottish rather than the English line. The marriage service of the Prayer Book, with its vow to have and to hold, is the ancestor of the wedding words used across the English-speaking world, including by people of no religion.
Kept in the United Methodist Church. The marriage service descends from the Prayer Book by way of Wesley's abridgement of it for the American societies.
Kept in the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. The marriage service is the Crowning, and the priest is the minister of the sacrament rather than a witness to a contract the couple make, which is the opposite of the Roman analysis.
Kept in the Wesleyan Church. The marriage service descends from the Prayer Book by way of Wesley's abridgement of it for the American societies.