In this thorough paragraph-by-paragraph commentary on the Catholic Church's Order of Celebrating Matrimony, Paul Turner leads readers through the history and theology of the elements of the rite and of the pertinent texts in the Roman Missal. He also provides translations of reports of the study group that revised the ceremony after the Second Vatican Council. The book covers the Spanish translations used in the United States, Mexico, and Colombia and variations permitted in Australia and in England and Wales as well as in French-speaking Canada.