“Can two walk together except they be agreed?” (Amos 3:3)
"All these claims of the Roman Catholic Church arise from its teaching that marriage is a “sacrament” instituted by Christ and as such within the power of the Roman Church alone to administer. That teaching denies any right either of a Protestant minister or the civil State to legislate for the validity of the marriages of Christians, whether they be Catholic or Protestant. The Protestant view is that marriage, though a very sacred institution, is not a sacrament, since there is no evidence in the New Testament that Christ ever instituted it as such. Protestant teaching holds that marriage is “an honorable estate, ordained of God unto the fulfilling and perfecting of the love of man and woman” Protestants consequently do not attempt Church control of it as the Roman Catholics do, and intervene only in cases involving some violation of the clear teachings of Jesus Christ. In democratic countries the validity of marriage, by the will of the people, rests upon a civil contract basis. Protestants abide by the law in the matter and do not make any attempt to exploit control of it to increase the wealth and membership of their church organization as the Roman Catholic Church does." pg 142
https://www.lutheranlibrary.org/pdf/652-lehmann-out-of-the-labyrinth.pdf
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