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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ballistic" data-source="post: 30808762" data-attributes="member: 588082"><p>Yes, <strong>child marriages occurred historically across many cultures and religions</strong>, including Christianity. While <strong>Christian scripture (the Bible) does not directly prescribe specific marriage ages</strong>, in Christian societies—especially during the <strong>medieval and early modern periods</strong>—marriages at very young ages were <strong>not uncommon</strong>, particularly among nobility and royalty for political reasons.</p><p></p><h3>Key Historical Examples of Child Marriages in Christian History:</h3><hr /><h4>1. <strong>Mary, Mother of Jesus (Christian tradition)</strong></h4> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The Bible does <strong>not mention her exact age</strong>, but historical tradition (especially from apocryphal sources) suggests Mary may have been <strong>12–14 years old</strong> when betrothed to Joseph.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">This was typical for Jewish girls in that era.</li> </ul><hr /><h4>2. <strong>Saint Agnes of Rome</strong></h4> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">A Christian saint from the 3rd century.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Tradition says she was <strong>12 or 13 years old</strong> when she was pursued for marriage by a Roman noble and refused, choosing martyrdom instead.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Shows how <strong>young girls were expected to marry</strong> in Roman society.</li> </ul><hr /><h4>3. <strong>Isabella of Valois (France)</strong></h4> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Married King Richard II of England in <strong>1396</strong>.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">She was <strong>only 6 years old</strong>, and he was 29.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The marriage was not consummated while she was a child, but it was a <strong>legal and political alliance</strong> between Christian kingdoms.</li> </ul><hr /><h4>4. <strong>Margaret Beaufort (England)</strong></h4> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Mother of King Henry VII.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Married at <strong>age 12</strong>, gave birth at <strong>age 13</strong>.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">This was in <strong>15th-century Christian England</strong>.</li> </ul><hr /><h4>5. <strong>Holy Roman Empire and European Nobility</strong></h4> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">In medieval Christian Europe, noble girls were often <strong>betrothed at 7 or younger</strong>, and marriages could be consummated by <strong>age 12</strong>, which was the <strong>canonical age of consent</strong> set by the Church.</li> </ul><hr /><h3>What Does This Mean?</h3> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Canon Law</strong> (medieval Christian church law) allowed girls to marry at <strong>age 12</strong> and boys at <strong>14</strong>.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">These norms were influenced by <strong>Roman law</strong>, <strong>Jewish tradition</strong>, and <strong>local customs</strong>, rather than by explicit Christian teachings.</li> </ul><hr /><h3>Modern Perspective</h3> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Today, child marriage is not accepted in Christianity or Islam under <strong>modern legal and ethical standards</strong>.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Nearly all <strong>Christian-majority countries</strong> have raised the minimum legal age of marriage, often to <strong>18 or older</strong>, aligning with international human rights standards.</li> </ul><hr /><p>If you'd like, I can give more detailed stories or compare Christian and Islamic child marriage norms historically.</p><p>chatgpt එකෙන් ඇහුවේ මහම අමන ආගම් බං මේ.හැම දෙයක් ම මමත් හිතුවේ මුස්ලිම් එකේ විතරයි කියලා pedo කැරියෝ ක්‍රිස්තියානු සෙට් එකේ මේ චැට්gpt වල අහපන් එයි ආගමේ වරදක් ද මුන්ගේ වරදක් ද හිත ගන්න බෑ නේද උඹ කියුවා වගේම පිළිකාවක් මුණුත් ආගම් කියලා පෙන්නලා ආතල් ගන්න උනුත් ඉන්නවා බඳින්නේ නැතුව පොඩි උන් ත උකල ගස් අස්සේ මාරන් දාන උනුත් ඉන්නවා ඔක්කොම ඒ ඒ ආගම් වල මහා උන් කියන ඒවා . වෙන්නම ඕන පිළිකා පිළිකා</p></blockquote><p></p>

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