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Offline MariasAnawim

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Catholic teaching on weddings
« on: November 08, 2021, 09:24:39 AM »
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    • We no longer attend non catholic "weddings" but a friend recently did with much hesitation and she recently...in the past 2 years...came to the traditional faith. I couldn't find any official church teaching in canon law on the subject. She attends the sspx and I told her to spek with the pastor but I wanted to find something solid for her to read. Thank you in advance
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    Re: Catholic teaching on weddings
    « Reply #1 on: November 08, 2021, 10:07:43 AM »
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    • Will your presence tempt you from the Faith?  You cannot go.
    Is the wedding a celebration of direct sin?  Ie. a ss couple?  You cannot go.
    Will your presence give others the wrong idea?  (Oh, well, a Catholic getting a divorce and remarrying after all these years, even though his ex is still around, can’t be so bad because you went to it.). You cannot go.

    Is the wedding that of those not Catholic, and not involved in overt sin or scandal?
    Are these close friends or family who will be driven away from truth by your non attendance?
    Is attendance a professional expectation?  Your law partner's son’s wedding? Attendance expected because of your rank in the military?  Marriage of fellow officer?
    I believe it’s okay to attend these, but refrain from joining in actual worship if the wedding is in a false, heretical, or schismatic religion.  You can sit politely towards the back or side.  Maybe pray the Rosary silently.  Be discreet.  You’re there to support individual persons, not to support a false religion, a lack of religion, or a union forbidden by the Catholic Church.

    Consult a priest, because every case is different.  
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    Re: Catholic teaching on weddings
    « Reply #2 on: November 08, 2021, 12:52:06 PM »
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    • Quote from: MariasAnawim on November 08, 2021, 09:24:39 AM
    We no longer attend non catholic "weddings" but a friend recently did with much hesitation and she recently...in the past 2 years...came to the traditional faith. I couldn't find any official church teaching in canon law on the subject. She attends the sspx and I told her to spek with the pastor but I wanted to find something solid for her to read. Thank you in advance
    Non-Catholics still have valid weddings.
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    Re: Catholic teaching on weddings
    « Reply #3 on: November 08, 2021, 02:31:09 PM »
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    • It’s a sad fact, but of all the weddings I’ve ever attended, only one couple is still together, and they are Old Order Amish. Kristoff and Suzanne married in November of 1982 and had twelve children.  They have something like 90+ grandchildren and I’m not sure how many great grandchildren.  
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    Re: Catholic teaching on weddings
    « Reply #4 on: November 08, 2021, 02:32:52 PM »
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    • I am wondering why you put the word wedding in inverted commas. MarysAnawim. Can you explain that? It might help to clarify the issue.
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    Re: Catholic teaching on weddings
    « Reply #5 on: November 08, 2021, 02:42:14 PM »
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    • 1917 Code of Canon Law....
    Canon 1258

    § 1. It is not licit for the faithful by any manner to assist actively or to have a part in the sacred [rites] of non-Catholics.
    § 2. Passive or merely material presence can be tolerated for the sake of honor or civil office, for grave reason approved by the Bishop in case of doubt, at the funerals, weddings, and similar solemnities of non-Catholics, provided danger of perversion and scandal is absent.

    Commentary on that canon says:
    VI. Suspicion of Heresy Falls on
    1. persons who knowingly and of their own accord help to propagate heresy in any manner, or who take an active
    part in the Divine worship of non-Catholics, as forbidden by Canon 1258...
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