Spiritual meaning of father giving away the bride

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FAMILIAL LINES OF AUTHORITY HUSBAND & WIFE
By: Father Chad Ripperger

FATHER TO DAUGHTERS:
According to Natural law
Scripture says that the husband is the head of the wife.
Most people do not actually know the actual symbolism in a wedding ceremony (Father giving his daughter’s hand to the groom)
What’s actually happening:
When the daughter is born, even as a minor she’s under his father’s headship
But according to the natural law, in order to protect the honor of his daughter, the daughter remains under the headship of the father. That is the father still continues his natural law rights relationship to the daughter UNTIL his daughter marries.

At the wedding ceremony, the father leads her daughter in by her arm. Her face is covered; it’s veiled. What’s gonna happen is there is a contract of bodily rights. There is an exchange of bodily rights. The body is covered when she’s brought in because it is the father’s right to protect the body integrity and also the virtue of his daughter until it’s passed.

So he brings her up, he lifts the veil, a sign which means "You can now contract the bodily rights with my daughter. Which means, “You’re gonna have the rights over her which I formally will have”. Then he takes her right hand, passes it to her future husband which is a sign of PASSING OF HEADSHIP.

According to the author of middle ages, the natural law determines the daughter is under the father to protect her honor - what’s honor? Recognition of excellence - what’s excellence, her virtue. It’s his obligation to protect her virtue.​

So that’s why in the past, if you wanted to marry some woman, you have to go get permission of the father. Because he has the right to say no. You’re not the proper individual that’s gonna do right by my daughter etc.

If you wanna hear more about Familial Lines of Authority (Father to Mother; Father to Sons etc.) You may go to youtube search for Virgin Most Powerful Radio and listen to the talks of Fr. Ripperger, theologian, philosopher and exorcist.
 
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It’s pretty much nonsense. The bride’s father plays no role in a Catholic wedding ceremony. The father’s permission is not required for a valid marriage, nor ever has been. “Giving away the bride” is not a part of a Catholic wedding. It’s purely an extraneous secular custom, with no religious significance at all. Like throwing rice or wearing a white dress.
 
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SeekingTruthsFromGod said:
Because he has the right to say no.
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Show me where exactly that is in Catholic teaching tradition or some theology behind it and I’ll accept it. But the Church specifically teaches that parents do not have authority to choose their children’s vocation. A father is not entitled to decide who his daughter should marry.
 
StRaphaelPray4Us said:
Centuries ago, the couple entered into the Church together for their wedding.
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No they didn’t. Weddings were not held inside churches until after the Reformation, in the mid 1500s, when it became common in both Catholic France and Protestant England, with neither development apparently inspiring the other.

Until then, weddings were held outside of the church building. More and more, they came to be celebrated in front of the church doors. Very rich and powerful couples often had a porch built in front of the church. At first, these were temporary structures, but as time went on, they became permanent and ornate fixtures.
 
This is about the Spiritual Lines of Authority and not about the physical lines of authority. Sadly this aspect of Catholic Spiritually is not well taught or understood amongst in today’s world. It seem to be forgotten to some point.

For those that are interested or unsure about the aspect of Spiritual Lines of Authority then please watch the video.
 
SeekingTruthsFromGod said:
At the wedding ceremony, the father leads her daughter in by her arm.
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No he doesn’t.

This is NOT part of the Catholic marriage rite. And never has been!
SeekingTruthsFromGod said:
Then he takes her right hand, passes it to her future husband which is a sign of PASSING OF HEADSHIP.
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NOPE.

Not part of the marriage rite.
SeekingTruthsFromGod said:
So that’s why in the past, if you wanted to marry some woman, you have to go get permission of the father. Because he has the right to say no. You’re not the proper individual that’s gonna do right by my daughter etc.
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Nope and NOPE. NOT Church teaching. At all. Never was.

The consent of the parties make marriage, whether the parents like it or not.

Secret marriages or clandestine marriages where a thing until the Council of Trent. Even after Trent created the current form of marriage requiring a priest and two witnesses, the parents’ permission was NOT required and couples could marry even against their parents’ wishes.
SeekingTruthsFromGod said:
Her face is covered; it’s veiled.
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Again, nope. Until the new code of canon law, all female heads were covered, although not always with veils. The veil didn’t have anything to do with the wedding per se AT ALL.

The wedding veil is actually a holdover from women veiling in church. But at hat would do just fine.
SeekingTruthsFromGod said:
If you wanna hear more about Familial Lines of Authority (Father to Mother; Father to Sons etc.) You may go to youtube search for Virgin Most Powerful Radio and listen to the talks of Fr. Ripperger, theologian, philosopher and exorcist.
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I honestly can’t even form words at the idea a Catholic priest would actually teach such complete nonsense.
 
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AdamP88 said:
To be honest. I don’t really trust that Fr. Ripperger presents these topics accurately.
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StRaphaelPray4Us said:
But why did he tie it into a component of a wedding that’s not even a part of the Catholic Rite of Marriage regardless of the form the Nuptial Mass is celebrated in? I feel it detracts from what he is trying to explain when he uses examples that aren’t even a part of the Catholic wedding ceremony.
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Fr’s Ripperger does not actually speak of this in the above video. Unless there is another video around (I could not find it)
TheLittleLady said:
Posting a video does not make this Catholic teaching.
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I placed this video here because the OP’'s post misrepresents what Fr Ripperger actually states.
 
The father doesn’t give the bride away.

In some cultures the dad walks her down the aisle. Some cultures both sets of parents walk their kid down the aisle. Some couples process in together.

The bride can wear the veil covering her face, she can wear it just in the back. She can wear nothing on her head. She might not even wear a gown. Maybe she chooses a simple dress.

None of those things matter. What matters is the sacrament, that they have no impediments to marry and that they mean the vows. Also the need 2 witnesses, and a priest, deacon or bishop to officiate.
 
You give away something you own, that’s why Catholic fathers don’t ‘give away the bride.’ No one owns another person, even if it is his daughter.
 
1ke said:
Uh, no, this whole thing is made up nonsense.

None of these things regarding marriage were ever true in the Catholic Church.
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I think there is some confusion. I posted the video to reveal that Fr did not mention anything that resembles what the OP stated. Unless there is another video around I could not find it.

In Fr’s short speech he does not mention at all about ‘father giving away the bride’. If you are basing your thoughts on what the OP wrote in the first post then I agree with you.

If you are basing your thoughts on what Fr has verbally stated in the short speech in the video I posted then I do no agree with you.

If no one spends the time listening for 5 mins of Fr’s speech then everyone assumes that I am agreeing with all the OP post. Which is not the case.

 
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Rightly so, which is what the last couple of post I have made has stated.
 
If i ever get married, my dad or brother is walking me down the aisle only because I need him to prevent me from tripping 😂
 
SeekingTruthsFromGod said:
If you wanna hear more about Familial Lines of Authority (Father to Mother; Father to Sons etc.) You may go to youtube search for Virgin Most Powerful Radio and listen to the talks of Fr. Ripperger, theologian, philosopher and exorcist.
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Whelp, I better grab some bread cause’ this thread is full of bologna 🥪
 
My dad was dead for years when I got married.
My mom gave me away.
It had nothing to do with “headship” (I was 31 years old, had been living on my own for 10 years, and husband didn’t need to ask Mom’s permission to marry me) and everything to do with mom entrusting her precious loved child to someone else who she hoped would also love and cherish her child.

As I usually say about Fr. Ripperger, It’s One Priest’s Opinion.
Historically when women were not able to or allowed to live on their own in society, and usually needed some male as their caretaker and breadwinner, the father had a lot more say in who his daughter married. Society has changed quite a bit.
StRaphaelPray4Us said:
To clarify, in the original post, the only thing that is rightly attributed to Fr Chad Ripperger are the words “FAMILIAL LINES OF AUTHORITY HUSBAND & WIFE” and the rest is something the OP came up with? If so, it ought to be removed, as it appears that these are the thoughts of Fr Chad Ripperger.
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And if this is the case, the OP needs to not be putting his own words in Fr Ripperger’s mouth.
 
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That is how it happened at my wedding as well. My husband processed in with both his parents and I processed in immediately following with both of mine.
 
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