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Offline TKGS

Re: Divorced and Remarried Non-Catholics
« Reply #5 on: May 17, 2017, 06:44:37 PM »
Quote from: congaudeant on May 17, 2017, 05:12:12 PM
...there has been some allusion in the discussions to [a] brother-sister type of relationship [in a secular legal marriage]. Yet, I've never known anyone who has been in such a relationship. Is this form of relationship very common in certain parts of the world?
This is a good question.  Not only have I never met anyone in this sort of relationship, no one I've ever known has told me that they have ever known anyone in this sort of relationship.  I'm wondering if anyone on CathInfo (other than poche, of course) actually knows anyone in this sort of relationship.
It seems to be an issue that is pure theory but does not actually exist in reality.
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Offline Nadir

Re: Divorced and Remarried Non-Catholics
« Reply #6 on: May 17, 2017, 07:37:36 PM »
Quote from: TKGS on May 17, 2017, 06:44:37 PM
This is a good question.  Not only have I never met anyone in this sort of relationship, no one I've ever known has told me that they have ever known anyone in this sort of relationship.  I'm wondering if anyone on CathInfo (other than poche, of course) actually knows anyone in this sort of relationship.
It seems to be an issue that is pure theory but does not actually exist in reality.
Approximately 36 years ago I met such a couple. We were intending to buy a property from them. We had to pass through their town and they gave us accommodation in their home, on our long journey to view the property. 
One was a lapsed Catholic and the other was divorced (from somebody else). The had been living together in sin, but had "found Jesus" in one of those born-again halleluiah types religions. They took it very seriously when they were told that they either had to separate or to marry (the divorce was not a problem). So while they were waiting to be married, they continued to live together in the same house, but did not indulge in marital rights outside the married state. 
They told us this was why they slept in separate rooms. Eventually they became missionaries in India.
Truth is stranger than fiction!
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Offline TKGS

Re: Divorced and Remarried Non-Catholics
« Reply #7 on: May 17, 2017, 08:23:46 PM »
Quote from: Nadir on May 17, 2017, 07:37:36 PM
Approximately 36 years ago I met such a couple. We were intending to buy a property from them. We had to pass through their town and they gave us accommodation in their home, on our long journey to view the property.
One was a lapsed Catholic and the other was divorced (from somebody else). The had been living together in sin, but had "found Jesus" in one of those born-again halleluiah types religions. They took it very seriously when they were told that they either had to separate or to marry (the divorce was not a problem). So while they were waiting to be married, they continued to live together in the same house, but did not indulge in marital rights outside the married state.
They told us this was why they slept in separate rooms. Eventually they became missionaries in India.
Truth is stranger than fiction!
So...  What you're saying is the one time you saw it 36 years ago, it involved non-Catholics, the "lapsed Catholic" having formally joined a heretical sect.  That is interesting.
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Offline Nadir

Re: Divorced and Remarried Non-Catholics
« Reply #8 on: May 17, 2017, 10:01:51 PM »
Quote from: TKGS on May 17, 2017, 08:23:46 PM
So...  What you're saying is the one time you saw it 36 years ago, it involved non-Catholics, the "lapsed Catholic" having formally joined a heretical sect.  That is interesting.
That's exactly it!
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Offline josefamenendez

Re: Divorced and Remarried Non-Catholics
« Reply #9 on: May 26, 2017, 09:20:14 PM »
Why would anyone tell anyone else that they are living as brother and sister unless someone knows the details of their past marriages intimately? Knowlege of that might cause a greater scandal about their past that is really no one's business. There may be more people out there living like that than you think. Some things should be between themselves and their priest. A Cross can be very personal.
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