Wedding Vows

Traditional Wedding Vows

Traditional wedding vows are foundational wedding vows found in every culture and religion around the world. They are the basis for the declarations of faith, love and commitment that marrying couples share with each other. In many cases they are cornerstones to your own custom marriage vows and an inpiration to help you build on the things you want to express from your heart one-to-another. Below are some of the most common traditional marriage vows to help you get started...!

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Baptist
A Baptist wedding ceremony's goal is to share the love of Christ with you and your family and rejoice with you in starting this new stage of life together… marriage.
Buddhist
From the Buddhist point of view, marriage is neither holy nor unholy. Buddhism does not regard marriage as a religious duty nor as a sacrament that is ordained in heaven.
Catholic
Catholic wedding vows; a Roman Catholic church marriage, also called matrimony; are an indissoluble bond between a man and a woman, created by human contract and ratified by divine grace.
Christian
Christian wedding vows are a great deal more flexible when it comes to writing your own personalized wedding vows. You should always discuss your options beforehand with your pastor...
Civil Ceremony
A Civil wedding ceremony is available for those who do not have a religious affiliation, or perhaps getting married again and do not want a traditional wedding ceremony.
Episcopal
Episcopal wedding ceremony can be very similar in structure as Baptist, Methodist, Lutheran, and Presbyterian - falling under the larger umbrella of Protestant.
Jewish
Traditional Jewish weddings are replete with a variety of rituals. The origins of these Jewish traditions find their roots in both Bible-related customs, and traditions carried down through generations...
Lutheran
The Lutheran marriage vows are integrated in the Lutheran marriage ceremony which is within the context of a service of worship involving thanksgiving, listening to God's Word, prayer and blessing.
Methodist
The Methodist and Lutheran wedding vows are very alike, in that they both evoke the Holy Trinity. When looking through the examples, you'll notice that these two share vast similarities...
Muslim
The ceremony is concluded with a prayer for the bride, groom and respective families (Dua). The majority of Muslim couples do not exchange spoken vows during the ceremony...
Presbyterian
The Presbyterian practice is a branch off of the Christian denominations, however the theology behind the Presbyterian traditions are carried out in a more rigorous manner...
Quaker
Whereas Husband Name of Home City and State, son of Father Name and Mother Name, and Wife Name of Home City and State, daughter of Father Name and Mother Name...
Zion
It is a sacred drama -- an allegory of the covenental relationship between God and the Jewish people. The Jewish imagination deliberately merges those two covenants--
Others
The Book of Common Prayer I, (name) take thee, (name) to be my wedded (husband/wife), to have and to hold from this day forward, for better, for worse, ...
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