Can a Mormon priest perform legal wedding?

Answer 1

The short answer is yes.

The longer answer is that boys become Priests when they are 16 usually, so they rarely marry until they become Elders (around age 18). Most adult males in the church are Elders.

On the other hand, tens of thousands of adult males join the LDS Church a year. These are all ordained to the office of priesthood shortly after baptism. While a large number are married, many are not, and those who are not can get married whenever they chose. I have in fact had friends who held the office of priest in the Mormon Church at the time they married because they had been members of the Church such a short time.

Now if you mean the leaders of our congregations, those are Bishops... and I've never seen one that wasn't married, actually.

There aren't any groups in the church that are forbidden to marry, such as nuns or monks... Mormons believe that marriage is something that God encourages.

I think more to the point in answer to the question asked, there are no Priests as such there is no paid clergy the Bishops or branch presidents are lay people who are appointed to the position and serve for a time and then are released and someone else is appointed. No set time, depends on lots of things. and they are usually married or likely to get married during the time they are Bishops if they were not to begin with.

The Mormon church is extremely family oriented.

Answer 2

No, not in the Roman Catholic Church, at least in the West. Eastern Rite Catholics have their own guidelines on this.

Roman Catholic AnswerTo be very clear about this, at no time in Church history have priests ever been allowed to be married. Now, have there been married priests? Yes, and there still are, but once they are ordained they may not marry as they have taken a lifelong vow of celibacy. Currently in the western Church, only men in the Latin Rite must be single when they are ordained, also there have been several ordinations of married men who have converted and been accepted for the priesthood. All of these men make a vow of chastity meaning that aside from being faithful to their wives, they can never marry again, say, in the instance of their wife dying. In the Eastern and Oriental Rites, the Church has always allowed married men to be ordained, same circumstances, but bishops are chosen only from the single clergy.

Answer 3

Yes. In fact in most cases, Mormon clergy must be married. Deacons, Priests, and missionaries are typically teens and young adults, so they do not need to be married, but higher clergy, such as Bishops, Seventies, and Apostles, must be married (or previously married but widowed).

Answer 4

There are two main types of missionaries in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the "Mormon" church). Most missionaries are young men and women, ages 19 to 25. These missionaries must be single and are not allowed to have any romantic relationships while they are missionaires. In the past (prior to WWII) these missionaries could be married and often were asked to leave their spouses and children behind in order to serve.

Some missionaries are older married couples. These couples are usually retired with no children at home and are expected to serve together with their spouse. These missionaries usually serve as service or administrative missionaries, rather than doing door-to-door preaching.

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Answer 5

Within the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the "Mormon" church), most boys ages 16-18 and recent adult male converts are ordained priests. An ordained priest in the Mormon church does not have the authority - religously or civilly - to perform a marriage.

A Mormon Bishop (the leader of a congregation) CAN legally perform a marriage, at least in most countries. Many countries also recognize a sealing performed in a Mormon Temple by an ordained Mormon sealer as a legal marriage.

Answer 6

It matters what religion but usually the answer is no.

Answer 7

Let me begin by explaining that Methodist clergymen or clergywomen are usually referred to as "Ministers" rather than "Priests". The Methodist system of belief allows for them to marry.