According to the Book of Genesis, marriage is a divine institution. "Then God said, it is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him" (Gen 218). The God made Eve as "helper"; that is, a companion to Adam. This implies that monogamy is the ideal one, though polygamy became customary among the Old Testament patriarchs. No religious ceremony for marriage is attested in the Old Testament and no information is available...
Preparation for Marriage
In Christian understanding marriage is an institution founded by God. It is a permanent and inseparable union. According to John Meyendorff, an Orthodox theologian, marriage is essentially a meeting of two beings in love, a human love that can be transformed by the sacramental grace of Holy Spirit, in to an eternal bond...
Christian Marriage - The Legal Angle
Marriage is a permanent union and inseparable bond between a man and a woman. Marriage is one of the Sacraments. It is the basic institution in society approved and sanctioned by God. The Indian Christian Marriage Act of 1872 consolidates and amends the law relating to the solemnization of the marriages of persons professing.
