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I don't know those acronyms! Are they an American thing?I always think of the warning of church acronyms appearing on articles of enquiry…..AGAG, VoD and REV.
I'm sure you mean to say "stand in witness to a wedding". A Catholic Nun does not "do" a wedding.In Canada a Catholic nun got permission to do a wedding.
They had a priest shortage.
Isn't that all the priest is doing in the Roman rite? Aren't the bride and groom the ones conferring the sacrament on each other?"stand in witness to a wedding"
Well, no. That's not the only thing that matters, by a long shot (and that's also really not an appropriate assertion in the Anglican forum). Making sure that the marriage is valid and legal (under both canon and civil law) matters a very great deal.Only thing that matters is who notifies the government of the changes
Yes.Isn't that all the priest is doing in the Roman rite? Aren't the bride and groom the ones conferring the sacrament on each other?
I don't have my prayerbook handy, but IIRC in TEC the blessing over the new couple is explicitly omitted if a non-priest is the officiate.Well, no. That's not the only thing that matters, by a long shot (and that's also really not an appropriate assertion in the Anglican forum). Making sure that the marriage is valid and legal (under both canon and civil law) matters a very great deal.
To be clear (fwiw), in the western Christian tradition of marriage (in which Anglicanism stands) the celebrant is typically doing two things; witnessing the marriage and invoking God's blessing on the couple. It's this second aspect which means some churches limit who may be the celebrant (for example, there's some tension within Anglcanism around whether deacons may, or whether they must use an alternate form of wording at the blessing).
In Catholicism, the ministers of the sacrament of marriage are the bride and groom. The priest is there to make sure the marriage, if in a church, has the right form for a sacrament and the right sacred attitude. He is also the minister for the state to witness the wedding and sign the state marriage certificate. So if the nun was licensed to perform weddings in this locale, I don't see any irregularity in this.In Canada a Catholic nun got permission to do a wedding.
They had a priest shortage.
Only in the Latin rite (which is over 99% of Catholics, so probably moot)In Catholicism, the ministers of the sacrament of marriage are the bride and groom.
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