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| Catholic Marriage to a Protestant?; Is it legitimate in the Catholic Church? | |
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| Topic Started: Wednesday, 2. May 2012, 21:48 (992 Views) | |
| Emee | Saturday, 5. May 2012, 00:25 Post #61 |
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Yes I'll go with the Sign of Peace. Thanks for that Rose. I'm still going to take a bit of time out though until I can post with greater clarity what I am trying to say (not sure how long that will take though). It's funny I thought I was being clear that it was my personal experiences - but obviously not if I can be so misinterpreted. So I'm going out now Captain Oates. I might be some time...
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| valleyboy | Saturday, 5. May 2012, 00:32 Post #62 |
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Apologies if my contribution poured oil on troubled waters, it's not even my thread. Mixed marriages are a controversial subject and answers are necessarily going to raise hackles but no one should feel compromised. Peace everyone. |
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| Angus Toanimo | Saturday, 5. May 2012, 00:43 Post #63 |
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No, your contribution to this thread was in the form of an enquiry. It is a controversial subject, I myself, like Emee was in an irregular marriage (shock! horror!) but unlike the Deacon I actually know nothing, have no real experience to draw from and just cut and paste (apparently) from online sources. Canon Law explicitly states what is required of the Catholic who wishes to marry outside of the Faith, and the Church. It's not a guideline that can be bent. The rules and laws are there for us to adhere to as best we can. The Church also realises that we are human and fallible, that we may fall in love with a non-Catholic, and can grant a dispensation from the Canonical norms, providing certain conditions are met - and these are non-negotiable. |
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| OsullivanB | Saturday, 5. May 2012, 00:44 Post #64 |
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I should have thought that you, of all people on this forum, would be familiar with the niceties of valid/licit and analogous concepts, Angus. |
| "There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against all arguments and which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance - that principle is contempt prior to investigation." Herbert Spencer | |
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| Angus Toanimo | Saturday, 5. May 2012, 00:47 Post #65 |
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Meh, what do I know...
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| OsullivanB | Saturday, 5. May 2012, 00:47 Post #66 |
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While I have not looked into, nor do I intend to look into, the complexities of Catholic marriage rules, I had hitherto had the impression that part of the principle was that a Catholic could not "dodge out of" an unsatisfactory marriage just because (s)he hadn't followed the Church's rules in contracting it. |
| "There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against all arguments and which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance - that principle is contempt prior to investigation." Herbert Spencer | |
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| OsullivanB | Saturday, 5. May 2012, 00:47 Post #67 |
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Now you ask! |
| "There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against all arguments and which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance - that principle is contempt prior to investigation." Herbert Spencer | |
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| Angus Toanimo | Saturday, 5. May 2012, 00:53 Post #68 |
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You're correct. |
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| Angus Toanimo | Saturday, 5. May 2012, 00:54 Post #69 |
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Yeah, it's one of those questions where an answer isn't required...
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| Rose of York | Saturday, 5. May 2012, 01:15 Post #70 |
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I dunno. I do know I know some things you dunno and you know some things I dunno. |
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| Angus Toanimo | Saturday, 5. May 2012, 11:09 Post #71 |
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| Derekap | Saturday, 5. May 2012, 16:19 Post #72 |
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AND ALSO WITH YOU! AND PEACE TO ALL MEMBERS! |
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