What is the Sacrament of Matrimony?
According to religious website the Second Exodus, the sacrament of matrimony is a sacrament used by members of the Catholic Church as a way of uniting a man and a woman together for life.HistoryThe position of matrimony or marriage as a sacrament has been debated for many centuries. The Catholic Encyclopedia explains that Pope Innocent IV was one of the first to include matrimony as one of the sevens sacraments in 1208 AD.ContractAccording to the Second Exodus website, the sacrament of matrimony constitutes a verbal contract repeated by both the man and the woman. The priest who presides over the sacrament of matrimony is a representative of the Catholic Church and chief witness.GoalsThe sacrament of matrimony has three goals according to the Coptic Orthodox Church: to inspire cooperation between the man and woman; the procreation of God’s children; and to provide protection from fornication and adultery.SacramentThe Second Exodus describes the sacrament of matrimony to be a “lay” sacr
