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Offline BernardoGui

Are People Married In Non Catholic Ceremonies Really Married?
« on: December 03, 2022, 08:45:16 AM »
If only a valid Catholic priest can administer the sacraments(marriage being one of them) then doesn't it
stand to reason that all the people who were married in false churches and sects or the local courthouse or by an Elvis impersonator in Vegas, aren't really married at all?
If they then get a divorce are they free to marry in the Catholic faith since their first "marriage" wasn't really valid?
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Offline Gunter

Re: Are People Married In Non Catholic Ceremonies Really Married?
« Reply #1 on: December 03, 2022, 10:33:19 AM »
A baptized Catholic cannot marry in a non-catholic religion or ceremony. To Novus ordo persons marrying our validly married because they belong to the same religion and took a vow of marriage.  Same goes for two Jews or any other religion. That's my understanding.
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Offline SimpleMan

Re: Are People Married In Non Catholic Ceremonies Really Married?
« Reply #2 on: December 03, 2022, 11:37:59 AM »
Quote from: BernardoGui on December 03, 2022, 08:45:16 AM
If only a valid Catholic priest can administer the sacraments(marriage being one of them) then doesn't it
stand to reason that all the people who were married in false churches and sects or the local courthouse or by an Elvis impersonator in Vegas, aren't really married at all?
If they then get a divorce are they free to marry in the Catholic faith since their first "marriage" wasn't really valid?
In the Latin Rite of the Catholic Church, the priest does not administer the sacrament.  The spouses administer it to each other.

Marriages of people, neither of whom is a member of the Catholic Church, are presumed valid unless it can be proven otherwise.  Non-Catholics are not subject to the Church's canon law on marriage (canonical form, etc.)
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Offline Comrade

Re: Are People Married In Non Catholic Ceremonies Really Married?
« Reply #3 on: December 03, 2022, 07:23:05 PM »
Quote from: Gunter on December 03, 2022, 10:33:19 AM
A baptized Catholic cannot marry in a non-catholic religion or ceremony. To Novus ordo persons marrying our validly married because they belong to the same religion and took a vow of marriage.  Same goes for two Jєωs or any other religion. That's my understanding.
By Catholic, do you mean someone instructed in the Faith? There are many souls who were baptized and were never instructed. Just because they were baptized does not necessarily you mean their non catholic marriage is invalid.
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Offline Ladislaus

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Re: Are People Married In Non Catholic Ceremonies Really Married?
« Reply #4 on: December 03, 2022, 07:24:57 PM »
Quote from: Comrade on December 03, 2022, 07:23:05 PM
By Catholic, do you mean someone instructed in the Faith? There are many souls who were baptized and were never instructed. Just because they were baptized does not necessarily you mean their non catholic marriage is invalid.

No.  Canon Law states that anyone who was baptized a Catholic, even if they were not raised Catholic, are required to marry before a priest for the marriage to be valid.  Obviously they are not guilty of fornication if they're ignorant regarding the status of their "marriage," but it's not valid in the eyes of the Church and therefore of God.
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