Official English for 1962 Wedding?

ian_udell

I have found many websites containing the 1962 celebration of Marraige, but they all differ in some way.

https://www.scribd.com/document/85114433/rituale-matrimonium (All Latin)
https://www.latinmasswedding.com/uploads/1962_Rite_of_Marriage.pdf (Latin-English)
https://www.scribd.com/document/13893133/Wedding-Mass-Booklet-Template (English)
https://icksp.org.uk/newbrighton/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/Preston-Wedding-Booklet.pdf (English)
https://d03fe30f-fff9-424f-b66f-01063bd12972.filesusr.com/ugd/c6f7dd_4ff0f5d827d24264a448bf986de11f7a.pdf (Latin/Englsih)

Which one is correct? The 3rd link is the one that I have seen on videos, but what book exactly did they get that from (and is it approved for use in America/Is there and official one)?

All have the same structure but some add some english in here and there, and some keep only what is necessary. Some even have differing forms of the exchange of consent.

tomjaw

As far as I can remember we have at least 3 different texts.

1. Traditional text (as in the old Ritual)
2. Traditional text modified to fit the UK requirements for weddings
3. Modern text. (As in the new ritual if they have such books)

Some places now demand we use the modern text in the U.K. even if we are TLM.

MatthewRoth

In theory, the 1962 Collectio rituum. You may find a 1964 version (but you need to compare to a 1962 missal for things that must be in Latin, and the wedding is before Mass in the 1962, but after the gospel post-1964). However you can also find the earlier ritual. The problem is that it doesn’t always align with the vernacular provisions of the 1962 (not that I care for the 1962, but routinely doing the sacramental form or virtually the entire marriage rite in the vernacular is, while not a total novelty, bad when it’s now universally permitted)

DL

Your fourth link is specifically correct for England and Wales, because it has both the form as given in the Ordo administrandi for use in that territory (which always differed from the Rituale Romanum) and also the words required by current civil law.

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