Marriage is an important ritual in several religions all across the globe. To compare the traditions between different religions I will be examining the marriage rituals in two religions: Islam and Christianity. The differences between Islamic, and Christian marriages are pronounced, and merit thorough examination and comparison. For the purpose of this essay I will be examining only certain elements of the martial process in the interest of brevity.
To begin my analysis of the differences in marital traditions between Islam and Christianity I will be examining is the limitations to marriage found in both religions. Limitations to marriage are the rules and restrictions that dictate who are eligible to marry under a religion. Such restrictions
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Baptized men and women are eligible to marry in Christianity. Additionally they must be “free to contract marriage.” In this context, being free implies the individuals are “not being under constraint” and they are “not impeded by any natural or ecclesiastical law”. According to the Encyclopaedia Britannica natural law is “a system of right or justice held to be common to all humans derived from nature rather than from the rules of society”. Ecclesiastical law, also called Canon law is a “body of laws made within certain Christian Churches” which governs the church and the actions and behaviours of its members. Therefore, this limitation ensures that anyone who is getting married is legally able to do so and not coerced into it.
Furthermore, “in case of disparity of cult an express dispensation from this impediment is required for the validity of the marriage”. A disparity of cult is a marriage between a Catholic and non-baptized person. In these cases marriage is valid under Christianity when there is a special dispensation given by the Church. This rule applies to both males and
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However, the outlier is The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, often called the Mormon Church. The translator of the Mormon Bible, Joseph Smith, “received a revelation from God regarding plural marriage and a commandment from God to take more wives.” It is commonly believed among Mormons that a man must marry at least three wives to enter