Bible Dictionary: Marriage: The Bride: Given a Handmaid At

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Genesis 24:59
And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham's servant, and his men.
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Genesis 29:24,29
And Laban gave to his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid for an handmaid.
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In common with the Roman Church, the Greek Church has seven ...
... sins; for venial sins absolution alone is given, the penitent ... himself to the weakness
of the bride, and that ... Then follows the Coronation, or marriage proper. ...
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He Describes the Praiseworthy Habits of his Mother; Her Kindness ...
... not only from the time of actual marriage, but from ... also the custom that the affianced
bride (pactæ sponsæ) should not immediately be given up, that ...
/.../the confessions and letters of st/chapter ix he describes the praiseworthy.htm

1 Thessalonians iv. 3-Jan
... as he with much fear and trembling had given these commandments ... or any other course
of life, consider of his marriage. ... that thou wilt soon take a bride for him ...
/.../homily v 1 thessalonians iv.htm

How Queen Ethelthryth Always Preserved Her virginity, and Her Body ...
... after he had married her, and she was given to the ... the queen to consent to fulfil
her marriage duty, for he ... and the body of the holy virgin and bride of Christ ...
/.../bede/bedes ecclesiastical history of england/chap xix how queen ethelthryth.htm

Chapter xxix
... entirely whispered; that reticence on the bride's part would ... found in modern courtships
before marriage, were unthought ... also the other shall be given to thee ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/leupold/exposition of genesis volume 1/chapter xxix.htm

The Women of the Gospel Narrative the Study of the Early Christian ...
... writing a dowry was given with the bride, and she ... order, and make the needful provisions
for the marriage. ... of the Annunciation, similar to that given by Saint ...
/.../brittain/women of early christianity/i the women of the.htm

Women of the Frankish Church
... If the accounts given by Frankish historians may be ... He asked in marriage the beautiful
and pious daughter of ... minute report of the charm of his expected bride. ...
/.../brittain/women of early christianity/viii women of the frankish.htm

After Eutropius Having Been Found Outside the Church had Been ...
... The virgin is the root of marriage: thus all things have ... The dowry of the bride then
was divided into two ... things seen and things heard, things given and things ...
/.../chrysostom/on the priesthood/homily ii after eutropius having.htm

The visitation
... of thanks for the fulfillment of the blessing given in the ... bears the mark of virginity;
in it marriage is a ... sacrament, that of Christ and His Bride, the Church ...
/.../emmerich/the life of the blessed virgin mary/ix the visitation.htm

On the Baptism of Christ.
... perishing"water that was not before, but was given as a ... to make the match, so as
to secure a bride for his ... finds Rebekah at the well: and a marriage that was ...
/.../gregory/gregory of nyssa dogmatic treatises etc/on the baptism of christ.htm