Editing Ceremony (section)

===Shared traditions===
[[File:Leaders welcoming boy into Mexico Scouting.jpg|thumb|Leaders welcome a boy into Scouting, March 2010, Mexico City, Mexico.]]As [[Edward Schillebeeckx]] writes about the [[Wedding|marriage ceremony]], there are a number of ancient traditional elements in both church and civil ceremonies in the western world. Key ceremonies date from the pre-Christian Roman and Greek times, and their practices have continued through the centuries. For example, from pre-Christian Roman times in the marriage ceremony, we inherit [[Groomsman|best men]] and [[Bridesmaid|bridesmaids]], processions, signing of the contract, exchange of [[Wedding ring|rings]] and the [[wedding cake]].<ref>Schillebeeckx, Edward; translated by N.D. Smith:; Secular Reality and Saving Mystery. Volumes 1 & 2, Sheed and Ward, London, 1963. Note: later versions have these ISBNs: {{ISBN|978-0722076644}} {{ISBN|0722076649}}</ref>