<P> The Bahá'í Faith encourages marriage and views it as a mutually strengthening bond, but it is not obligatory . A Bahá'í marriage requires the couple to choose each other, and then obtain the consent of all living parents . </P> <P> Then the Lord God made a woman from the rib he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man . The man said, "This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called' woman', for she was taken out of man ." For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh . </P> <P>... So they are no longer two, but one . Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate . </P> <P> Christian marriages are based upon the teachings of Jesus and the Paul the Apostle . As of 2015 many Christian denominations regard marriage as a sacrament, sacred institution, or covenant, but this was not always the case before the 1184 Council of Verona officially recognized marriage as a sacrament . Before then, no specific ritual was prescribed for celebrating a marriage: "Marriage vows did not have to be exchanged in a church, nor was a priest's presence required . A couple could exchange consent anywhere, anytime ." </P>

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