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Marriage
Marriage is the joining of a man and woman in a lifelong covenant patterned on Christ’s relationship with the Church. Marriage and ordination are paired together as sacraments at the service of the Christian community (Catechism of the Catholic Church 1534–35). Marriage as a sacrament is supported by Eph 5:32, where the marriage relationship is linked to the gospel and described with the term “mystery” (μυστήριον, mystērion).
Marriage was the last of the seven rites to be recognized as a sacrament. Sacramental marriage is distinguished from civil marriages by the participants’ intention to pattern their relationship on Christ and the Church, their belonging to the Christian faith, and their openness to bearing children (Catechism of the Catholic Church 1659–66). Marriage is unique in that the ministers of the sacrament are the bride and groom rather than the priest.
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