Do Wedding Rings Have Pagan Origins

Wedding and betrothal rings the pledges of love have always appealed to our imaginations emotions and yearnings.

Do wedding rings have pagan origins. Leicestershire County Council CC BY-SA 40. The original Seventh Day Adventist abstained from use of the wedding ring because of its pagan origin. The first Roman Christians faced a problem however.

Is founded in something called palmistry. Historical records are sketchy and not entirely consistent but available records generally agree that the Egyptians started the custom thousands of years ago. These histories say the first ring was merely grass twisted into a circle.

1172012 There is not concrete proof that wedding rings have pagan origins. 1142018 Yet today it is the standard part of Western culture. What is happening to these children.

Starting from the Medieval Times wedding rings began to be set with precious gems. 5272008 Really the question is not so much whether wedding rings were first used by pagans but whether they were originally used as part of false religious practices and. What is happening to these children.

Indeed Id bet money that even those employing the argument which is the subject of this post themselves wear wedding rings if they are married or have their wives do so. No evidence that the wedding ring was worn in honor of a pagan god. Use of the pagan wedding ring.

2282018 These wedding customs were preserved by the Christians who passed them on to modern people of many faiths. Wedding ceremonies themselves are a pagan custom -- there is no Biblical mandate for them. There was a time in America when the majority of Christians.