--- title: Weddings, funerals and the people of the church — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Weddings, funerals and the people of the church», a lesson of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: A Christian funeral gives thanks for a person's life, comforts those who mourn and commits the person to God; at t --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/25-weddings-funerals-and-the-people-of-the-church/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/) / [Religion ethics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/) / Weddings, funerals and the people of t… # Weddings, funerals and the people of the church Lesson 25 of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school: 17 sentences, each with its syntax tree and pragmatics. The lessons are written for Mova, and their agreed trees are part of Mova corpus 0.4 (CC BY-SA 4.0). How Mova does on its tests: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/religion-ethics/25-weddings-funerals-and-the-people-of-the-church/). - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/25-weddings-funerals-and-the-people-of-the-church/1/) — A Christian funeral gives thanks for a person's life, comforts those who mourn and commits the person to God; at the grave the words «ashes to ashes, dust to dust» remind people that bodies return to the earth, said with the hope of resurrection. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/25-weddings-funerals-and-the-people-of-the-church/3/) — Many Protestant and Anglican churches have women ministers and bishops, while Catholic and Orthodox churches ordain only men as priests; Christians read the Bible differently here and each side gives reasons. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/25-weddings-funerals-and-the-people-of-the-church/4/) — Deacons, elders, church wardens and many volunteers care for people, buildings and money, and monks and nuns give their whole lives to prayer and service. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/25-weddings-funerals-and-the-people-of-the-church/5/) — For a child today this means the church is not just a building or one leader on Sunday, but a whole family of people serving, and that you can help too. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/25-weddings-funerals-and-the-people-of-the-church/6/) — At a church wedding the couple make vows before God and witnesses, «for better, for worse ... till death us do part». - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/25-weddings-funerals-and-the-people-of-the-church/7/) — Christians see marriage as a lifelong promise. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/25-weddings-funerals-and-the-people-of-the-church/8/) — Churches differ on same-sex marriage and on remarriage after divorce; these are disputed questions. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/25-weddings-funerals-and-the-people-of-the-church/9/) — Wedding rings are circles with no end, a sign of lasting love. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/25-weddings-funerals-and-the-people-of-the-church/10/) — A Christian funeral gives thanks for a life, comforts those who mourn and commits the person to God. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/25-weddings-funerals-and-the-people-of-the-church/11/) — Christians grieve at a death, but with the hope of resurrection. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/25-weddings-funerals-and-the-people-of-the-church/13/) — A vicar or rector leads a Church of England parish; priests serve in Catholic, Orthodox and Anglican churches. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/25-weddings-funerals-and-the-people-of-the-church/15/) — Bishops are senior leaders who look after many churches in an area called a diocese. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/25-weddings-funerals-and-the-people-of-the-church/16/) — The Pope is the Bishop of Rome and leader of the Catholic Church worldwide. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/25-weddings-funerals-and-the-people-of-the-church/17/) — Catholics see the Pope as the successor of the apostle Peter; other churches do not accept his authority. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/25-weddings-funerals-and-the-people-of-the-church/18/) — Many Protestant and Anglican churches have women ministers and bishops; Catholic and Orthodox churches ordain (make into priests) only men; this is disputed. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/25-weddings-funerals-and-the-people-of-the-church/19/) — One side points out that Jesus chose twelve men as his apostles; the other side stresses Paul's words that all are one in Christ, male and female. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/25-weddings-funerals-and-the-people-of-the-church/20/) — Monks and nuns live in communities devoted to prayer and service, with vows of poverty (owning nothing of their own), chastity (not marrying) and obedience (doing as their leaders say). - ← previous: [Baptism, communion and confirmation](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/24-baptism-communion-and-confirmation/) - next →: [The church year](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/26-the-church-year/) - ↑ back to [Religion ethics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/)