Why must Christians marry in church?

• A dot dot B dot dot

  18 Mar 05, 17:14

  Where in the bible say that?
• mdfjami

  18 Mar 05, 17:17

  No Such Thing as must marry in church lah..
• the_don

  18 Mar 05, 17:17

  yah. it is not a must. it is just a preference.
• A dot dot B dot dot

  18 Mar 05, 17:18

  Why xtians always must do that? Why they don't marry outside?
• keuriseudo

  18 Mar 05, 17:23

  The Church is the House of God. Some Christians may find it comfortable to hold their wedding there.
  
  For me, I prefer to hold my future wedding on a small ship, sailing along Singapore River. That is... if i can afford that.
• mdfjami

  18 Mar 05, 17:24

  Originally posted by A dot dot B dot dot:

  Why xtians always must do that? Why they don't marry outside?

  No Such THing As Must Lah
• Honeybunz

  18 Mar 05, 20:55

  It is one of the seven sacraments. That's why.
• JWorld

  18 Mar 05, 23:52

  There are seven sacraments:
  
  Baptism
  Reconciliation (also called Confession)
  Eucharist (informally called Communion)
  Confirmation (similar to Chrismation)
  Holy Matrimony
  Holy Orders
  Anointing of the Sick (also called Extreme Unction)
  
  In the Christian faith, marriage is viewed as a lifelong union of a man and a woman before God. One commonly used text is from the Gospel of Matthew (which is itself a quote from the book of Genesis).
  
  "...For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh. So then, they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate." Matthew 19: 5-6 (quoting from Genesis 2:24)
  Virtually all Christian denominations frown on divorce, although some more harshly than others.
  
  Christian marriage is seen by St. Paul (especially Ephasians chapter 5) as paralleling the relationship between Christ and the Church, a theological view which is a development of the Old Testament view that saw a parallel between marriage and the relationship between God and Israel.
  
• NeonTetra

  19 Mar 05, 17:09

  no such thing as MUST in christianity.
  
  in all we do...we remember that we are God's people and our relationship with Him. so we involve God in our daily life and moreso in our impt events in life
• Icemoon

  19 Mar 05, 21:12

  No need hold ceremony in church, I think as long as the pastor or priest is there to ask you the question and proclaim you man and wife can liao?
  
  Hold in ship also can. Three of you freefall also can .. lol
• A dot dot B dot dot

  20 Mar 05, 11:59

  Then why xtians must have priest or pastor to solemnise the wedding? Bible never say that.