The question of the alleged separation of the order of marriage from the marriage Eucharistic Liturgy

Abstract

The main argument in favor of this assumption is the presence in the wedding ceremony of a number of parallels with the image of the Liturgy: liturgical utterance, service of readings (Apostle and Gospel), pure and pleading litany, the Lord's Prayer "Our Father". However, are they primitive? It turns out not.

The utterance "Blessed Kingdom" was not at first exclusively liturgical, it is found in the monuments of the studio era at the beginning of many services. Psalm 127 at the beginning, "Our Father" before Communion and the common chalice, additional prayers appear in the manuscripts of the wedding ceremony only from the XI century. The service of readings (Apostle, Gospel, special litany) in manuscripts before the XIV century is extremely rare and is regularly described only from the XV century.

In short, the usual comparison of handwritten testimonies about the order of the wedding ceremony leads to the conclusion that there is a tendency to gradually approach the wedding ceremony to the liturgical, but not vice versa.