Are pastors/ministers/vicars (I don’t know the terminology!) in the CoE legally permitted to perform civil marriages? My partner and I are atheists. However, a very dear friend of the family, an Anglican pastor, has spontaneously offered to marry us. This is because of the deep love and friendship he has for my fiance’s deceased father, [...]
Hello Vicar, As is custom in Anglican Church weddings, the Declarations of Consent are worded according to the liturgy. I assume that when Catherine Parr married Henry VIII, her declarations were according to the liturgy, so she vowed: “…to be bonaire and buxom in bed and at board.” Obviously this phrase is not stated in [...]