Catholic Churches Position On Divorce?

[LouisvilleFan]

[quote name='Dave' post='1818847' date='Mar 28 2009, 07:42 PM']Wrong! [b]Sacramental[/b] marriage requires both the man and the woman to be baptized. Even if one or both parties aren't baptized, the marriage could still very well be valid, albeit a natural rather than sacramental marriage.[/quote]

Thank you... I think...

[Veridicus]

[quote name='Dave' post='1818847' date='Mar 28 2009, 05:42 PM']Wrong! [b]Sacramental[/b] marriage requires both the man and the woman to be baptized. Even if one or both parties aren't baptized, the marriage could still very well be valid, albeit a natural rather than sacramental marriage.[/quote]

So natural marriages where one or both are unbaptized do not necessitate an annullment?

[CatherineM]

[quote name='Veridicus' post='1819518' date='Mar 29 2009, 10:42 AM']So natural marriages where one or both are unbaptized do not necessitate an annullment?[/quote]

The only reason unbaptized individuals would care about receiving a Catholic annulment, is if one later became baptized. Then, Canon Law gets very complicated. There are even rules about how to handle a person with several spouses who later gets baptized.

[Apotheoun]

[quote name='LouisvilleFan' post='1818844' date='Mar 28 2009, 04:36 PM']If no vows were taken, there wouldn't be an annulment. It would be declared invalid.[/quote]
In the Byzantine tradition the Mystery of Crowning does not involve an exchange of vows.

[Veridicus]

[quote name='Apotheoun' post='1819599' date='Mar 29 2009, 01:01 PM']In the Byzantine tradition the Mystery of Crowning does not involve an exchange of vows.[/quote]

Please expound a bit, if you would. The differences in diction...

[Lil Red]

[quote name='Veridicus' post='1819889' date='Mar 29 2009, 05:48 PM']Please expound a bit, if you would. The differences in diction...[/quote]
+J.M.J.+
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