2006-07-10 17:46:02 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
They are a great thing. As somebody mentioned, what God has joined together cannot be pulled a part. Now if God hasn't joined something together, then it shouldn't remain together as if it were joined by God. Since the Catholic Church is the Bride of Christ, has the Keys to the Kingdom, and has the Holy Spirit, then the Church has the ability to discern, both by rationality as well as via the Holy Spirit what God has and what God has not joined together.
That simple. Praise be to the God who is still with us and leads His Church! Else how could we know anything about God if He was not speaking to us?
2006-07-12 19:03:53 · answer #1 · answered by Liet Kynes 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
weeeeeellllll.... I've heard it said that it is far too easy to get an annulment in the Catholic Church in the United States. I don't know what I think about that.
The deal with annulments in the Catholic Church that makes it different from a "simple" divorce has to do with the sacrament of marriage. That is a sacrament that is to be administered to a person only once in his or her life. An annulment states that the original marriage (and therefore, the sacrament) was never valid, meaning that a key requirement or assumption was not present. The idea is that if someone entered falsely into a marriage contract, the "innocent" party was not to be penalized for it.
2006-07-11 00:57:41 · answer #2 · answered by Church Music Girl 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know about what Catholics consider to be justifiable to annul a marriage. All I know is that Jesus said what God has joined together let no man put asunder. The only exception Jesus made for divorce was marital infidelity. In 1 Cor 7 Paul said that if two believers can't get along they should seek to be reconciled and remain married until they do. I don't find anything in the Bible about an "annulment" of marriage.
2006-07-11 00:52:13 · answer #3 · answered by Martin S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not to offent any Catholics but I was one for 20+ years. I had a great appostolic priest who led us to read the bible instead of the Catholic misslets. Not only are annulment BULL, but a lot of the Catholics beliefs need to be looked at. I don't rememeber seeing anything about annullments in the bible. Once you are married, your stuck until death or Adultry and maybe a couple of other things listed. Then its DIVORCE, not annullment.
2006-07-11 00:53:39 · answer #4 · answered by chardonn55 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes!!! It's ridiculous. If you have enough money, anything's possible. They should only give annulments in rare circumstances.
2006-07-11 00:51:49 · answer #5 · answered by Becca 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i do. it really is bull....
2006-07-11 00:50:41 · answer #6 · answered by marc 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
what is that?
2006-07-11 00:50:55 · answer #7 · answered by Zenrin Y 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
huh??????????????
2006-07-11 00:49:09 · answer #8 · answered by Teresa 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋