speratus said: The Christian couple delights in the moral law of God. They will not dishonor their parents by becoming engaged without permission. They will not cause offense to the Christian community by failing to post their bans well in advance of the wedding. Although they are husband and wife in the sight of God, they will not commit adultery by coming together as one flesh before their betrothal contract is publicly fulfilled.
And where, pray tell, is this to be found in God's inspired Word? I did find mention of such things however, e.g., "posting of bans", "betrothal contracts", etc., in one particular book I have on my shelf which is titled, "The Devised Standard Version". Would that be your source? <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/giggle.gif" alt="" />
In His grace,
Not the Deformed Standard Version but the moral law of God as revealed in the Ten Commandments. Your modernist view runs counter to the historic practice of Reformation churches. The posting of banns was included in the first prayer book of the Anglican Church.
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1549 Book of Common Prayer THE FORME OF SOLEMNIZACION OF MATRIMONIE.
ΒΆ First the bannes must be asked three several Soondayes or holye dayes. in the service tyme, the people beeyng presente, after the accustomed maner.
And if the persones that woulde bee maried dwel in divers parishes, the bannes muste bee asked in bothe parishes, and the Curate of thone [the one] parish shall not solemnize matrimonie betwixt them, withoute a certificate of the bannes beeyng thrise asked from the Curate of thother parishe.
The betrothal contract is referenced in your very own confession.
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Westminster Confession of Faith Adultery or fornication committed after a contract, being detected before marriage, gives just occasion to the innocent party to dissolve that contract.
Do you agree or disagree with Westminster? Or, is it simply obsolete? A remnant of an orthodox past when Christian betrothal actually meant a lifelong commitment?
