Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!dimacs.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: piet@cs.ruu.nl (Piet van Oostrum) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: The Laws of the Old and New Covenants Message-ID: Date: 1 Apr 91 07:58:11 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: Dept of Computer Science, Utrecht University, The Netherlands Lines: 12 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu >>>>> ok@goanna.cs.rmit.oz.au (Richard A. O'Keefe) (RO'K) writes: RO'K> _married_. The Napoleonic code changed things in many European countries; RO'K> my understanding is that a church wedding in (say) the Netherlands has no RO'K> legal status, so the custom is to have the civil wedding and then procede RO'K> immediately to the church. In the Netherlands it is ILLEGAL to have any church ceremonies before the civil wedding. A few years ago a Roman Catholic priest was convicted for doing this. -- Piet van Oostrum