Sunday, May 1, 2011

Bishop Delineates on Marriage at Royal Wedding; God Meant Marriage as Union of Man and Woman

The Cybercast News Service website reports today (May 1, 2011) that Richard Chartres -- the Lord Bishop of London -- spoke at the wedding of Kate Middleton and Prince William on April 29, telling the couple and hundreds of invited guests that "marriage is intended to be a way in which a man and a woman help each other to become what God meant each one to be, their deepest and truest selves."

Bishop Chartres said that in 1999 the Church of England issued a statement on the church's position on marriage, which states, "Marriage is a pattern that God has given in creation, deeply rooted in our social instincts, through which a man and a woman may learn love together over the course of their lives."

The statement also refers to procreation as one of the three blessings of marriage.

"The three blessings that belong to marriage are traditionally described as the procreation and nurture of children, the hallowing and right direction of natural instincts and affections, and the mutual society, help, and comfort which each affords the other in prosperity and adversity," the statement says.

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