Catholic marrying in another religion

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Hello,

I'm a Catholic and my fiance and I wish to get married in her religion, which is Anglican. I want to know what will the Catholic Church think of me if I go ahead with this? Also what things can and can't I do if I get married in another religion? Thank you.

Anon

-- Anon (anon@none.com), August 06, 2003

Answers

My understanding is that you need special permission from your diocese to have an Anglican ceremony. Otherwise the Catholic Church will not recognize the marriage as valid.

A marriage in a Catholic Church however will be recognized as valid by the Anglicans. There is not much difference between the Anglican and Catholic marriage rites.

I am not going to post again on this thread. Any further posts in my name will be from an impersonator.

-- Stephen (StephenLynn999@msn.com), August 06, 2003.


Hi Anon,

How about having a dual cermony? I have Catholic friends who have married Anglicans and have had a priest from both Churches to bless the union. A bit like an ecumenical concelebration.

James

-- James Xwing (james_xwing@hotmail.com), August 07, 2003.


If they did, they, and more specifically the priest involved, violated canon law. Canon 1157 reads:

" It is forbidden to have, either before or after the canonical celebration in accordance, another religious celebration of the same marriage for the purpose of giving or renewing matrimonial consent. Likewise, there is not to be a religious celebration in which the Catholic assistant and a non-Catholic minister, each performing his own rite, ask for the consent of the parties. "

-- Paul (PaulCyp@cox.net), August 07, 2003.


Dear Anon

the honest poster will discuss yr position, post- marriage, in this context.

over to the floor.

will Anon be sufficiently chaste having conjugal relations within a protestant-administered wedding?

i'd like to think that someone will be honest enough to tell you that the answer is "no".

ie get her to marry you in a Catholic ceremony.

-- Ian (ib@vertifgo.com), August 07, 2003.


So the way I'm understanding this, every Religion is fine when it comes to accepting Catholics into their Church, but my own Religion (Catholic) won't except me if I don't get married in the Catholic Church??? Talk about inflexible and judgemental! Typical of the Catholic Religion to judge people if they are not one of their own!

Steve

-- Anon (anon@none.com), August 07, 2003.



Well Steve, the problem is manmade religions can accept anything they want to accept. They made the religion, they made the doctrines, they made the rules, and they can change them to suit their own purposes. The Holy Catholic Church on the other hand is bound by the truth. It did not make itself or its doctrines. Both the Church and its beliefs are divine in origin, and the Church has the responsibility before God to uphold, protect amd profess the fullness of truth it has been given. Truth - real and complete truth - is inflexible. Thank God! Other churches flex, distort, and reform the truth until it no longer resembles truth. But the Church of the Living God will never give us anything less but the fullness of truth. If you want less, there are plenty of places you can find less.

-- Paul (PaulCyp@cox.net), August 07, 2003.

IOW Steve -- these rules bind US ALL. but that's what you'd expect, surely.

stay with it Steve. you will find the best advice here on this website. my starter for 10 is this --->>> get married in a Catholic Church. you'll most likely find that it squares off with the protestants as they tend to go with the flow.

as i often say,the protestants would baptise a goat if you asked nicely enough.

-- Ian (ib@vertifgo.com), August 08, 2003.


How about having a dual cermony? I have Catholic friends who have married Anglicans and have had a priest from both Churches to bless the union. A bit like an ecumenical concelebration. James

If they did, they, and more specifically the priest involved, violated canon law. Canon 1157 reads: " It is forbidden to have, either before or after the canonical celebration in accordance, another religious celebration of the same marriage for the purpose of giving or renewing matrimonial consent. Likewise, there is not to be a religious celebration in which the Catholic assistant and a non-Catholic minister, each performing his own rite, ask for the consent of the parties." Paul

As I understand James's words, no violation of Canon 1157 would occur. Since he called it loosely an "ecumenical concelebration" (at which two spouses and two clergy are present at the same time), the scenario does not violate the clause of Canon 1157 that forbids separate, consecutive celebrations. Nor does it violate the next clause, because James said nothing of each clergyman "performing his own rite" nor of each asking "for the consent of the parties." He only spoke of each clergyman blessing the union. According to the Church's ecumenical directives, such a thing (blessing) is permissible.

A.

-- Art (ars@gratia.artis), August 08, 2003.


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How about having a dual cermony? I have Catholic friends who have married Anglicans and have had a priest from both Churches to bless the union. A bit like an ecumenical concelebration. James

If they did, they, and more specifically the priest involved, violated canon law. Canon 1157 reads: " It is forbidden to have, either before or after the canonical celebration in accordance, another religious celebration of the same marriage for the purpose of giving or renewing matrimonial consent. Likewise, there is not to be a religious celebration in which the Catholic assistant and a non-Catholic minister, each performing his own rite, ask for the consent of the parties." Paul

As I understand James's words, no violation of Canon 1157 would occur. Since he called it loosely an "ecumenical concelebration" (at which two spouses and two clergy are present at the same time), the scenario does not violate the clause of Canon 1157 that forbids separate, consecutive celebrations. Nor does it violate the next clause, because James said nothing of each clergyman "performing his own rite" nor of each asking "for the consent of the parties." He only spoke of each clergyman blessing the union. According to the Church's ecumenical directives, such a thing (blessing) is permissible.

A.

-- Art (ars@gratia.artis), August 08, 2003.


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