http://www.iamstaggered.com/featured/which-church-can-you-get-married-in Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:52:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.iamstaggered.com/featured/which-church-can-you-get-married-in#comment-7884 hayley Fri, 18 Mar 2011 17:11:11 +0000 http://www.iamstaggered.com/?p=3258#comment-7884 is it the same for baptism? is it the same for baptism?

]]> http://www.iamstaggered.com/featured/which-church-can-you-get-married-in#comment-1588 Father Robert Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:29:18 +0000 http://www.iamstaggered.com/?p=3258#comment-1588 Gosh, Debbie: I'm not saying what you've been advised of isn't true, but equally I've never come across it. First, I'm not quite sure what "the gift of the living is" but I'll have a guess that it refers to when at some stage certain privileges are accrued by certain parishes/ people: e.g. the vicar of St Mary's Battersea is the person who appoints a vicar in Clapham, I think; or Pembroke College, Cambridge decides who will be the vicar of St Peter's in Walworth, south London: that kind of thing does happen, because of also sorts of historical peculiarities. But to my mind, it's unlikely that they will do what you say i.e. marry a couple without any connection to the place/ church. Is that what you mean? And even if there is a church where this does happen by some quirk of "the gift of the living", were I a betting man, I'd reckon it's a very safe bet that there isn't a list like the one you're enquiring about. Sorry to disappoint. Some would say there should be churches which do what you say, and there should also be a list of them, and I can understand that view. But the reality is that there aren't right now. Certainly, if you find out differently, I would be interested to know about it. But I'd be very surprised. Robert Gosh, Debbie: I’m not saying what you’ve been advised of isn’t true, but equally I’ve never come across it.
First, I’m not quite sure what “the gift of the living is” but I’ll have a guess that it refers to when at some stage certain privileges are accrued by certain parishes/ people: e.g. the vicar of St Mary’s Battersea is the person who appoints a vicar in Clapham, I think; or Pembroke College, Cambridge decides who will be the vicar of St Peter’s in Walworth, south London: that kind of thing does happen, because of also sorts of historical peculiarities.
But to my mind, it’s unlikely that they will do what you say i.e. marry a couple without any connection to the place/ church. Is that what you mean?
And even if there is a church where this does happen by some quirk of “the gift of the living”, were I a betting man, I’d reckon it’s a very safe bet that there isn’t a list like the one you’re enquiring about.
Sorry to disappoint.
Some would say there should be churches which do what you say, and there should also be a list of them, and I can understand that view. But the reality is that there aren’t right now.
Certainly, if you find out differently, I would be interested to know about it. But I’d be very surprised.
Robert

]]> http://www.iamstaggered.com/featured/which-church-can-you-get-married-in#comment-1584 Debbie, Devon Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:01:40 +0000 http://www.iamstaggered.com/?p=3258#comment-1584 I've been advised that there are some churches in the UK where you can be married even if you are not a member of that parish and do not have any connections to that parish, providing there is "the gift of the living" in place. Is this correct? And if so, how would I find these churches? many thanks. I’ve been advised that there are some churches in the UK where you can be married even if you are not a member of that parish and do not have any connections to that parish, providing there is “the gift of the living” in place. Is this correct? And if so, how would I find these churches? many thanks.

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