The Book of Common Prayer on marriage....
As I said in the last post, one of the great cultural benefits of being raised Episcopalian is familiarity with the Book of Common Prayer. MFH gave me a modernized edition of the original 1559 edition of it. I took it in to show it to the Book Club and this is what we found are the words to be spoken by a man to his bride in the 'The Form of Solemnization of Matrimony' aka the Wedding Vows:
Needless to say the ladies of the Club were totally charmed; the men somewhat nervous. I am not sure wether it was the 'with my body I thee worship' or the 'with all my worldly goods I thee endow' that appealed the most to the ladies.
Those old Elizabethans may have been more progressive than we thought.
As I said in the last post, one of the great cultural benefits of being raised Episcopalian is familiarity with the Book of Common Prayer. MFH gave me a modernized edition of the original 1559 edition of it. I took it in to show it to the Book Club and this is what we found are the words to be spoken by a man to his bride in the 'The Form of Solemnization of Matrimony' aka the Wedding Vows:
With this ring I thee wed: with my body I thee worship: and with all my worldly goods I thee endow. In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
Needless to say the ladies of the Club were totally charmed; the men somewhat nervous. I am not sure wether it was the 'with my body I thee worship' or the 'with all my worldly goods I thee endow' that appealed the most to the ladies.
Those old Elizabethans may have been more progressive than we thought.
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