How does a priest take to this? Will he accept to be minister to their wedding if they have a civil wedding and moved in together?
2006-10-24 07:00:57 · 11 answers · asked by mulderlx 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
NO! You are not permitted to shack up! The only certificate you are to receive is the one from the Catholic church. You don't get a free pass by having a civil ceremony prior to YOUR real one in the Catholic Church!
2006-10-24 07:03:41 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, a Catholic couple is not considered married as a result of a civil ceremony; therefore if they are going to move in together, they might as well just skip the civil ceremony and move in. Yes, of course the priest will agree to preside at their wedding, when they decide to actually marry and stop playing house. That is exactly what they should do, and the Church stands ready to assist them in every way possible.
2006-10-24 07:03:48 · answer #2 · answered by PaulCyp 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The civil ceremony does NOT take the place of the church ceremony in the eyes of the Catholic church. The Catholic priests will not agree to marry you if they think you're living together if the are "good priests" and it wouldn't matter the age (young or old) of the priest either. Unfortunately, you'll be SOL if you have to live apart and you're not and they find out. They can make it VERY difficult for you. I DID have one friend who had to vow to live like "brother and sister" with his fiance' since they were living together when they'd decided to get married. She was very devote and it was either that or she had to move home, at 35, to live with her parents for the 9 mos until the ceremony. (They'd looked into the civil-ceremony thing and found out its "no good.")
Good luck!
2006-10-24 07:09:01 · answer #3 · answered by nu_shashita 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No it does not. Why bother with a Catholic wedding if it is all clear to cohabitate with just a civil ceremony? As far as the priest goes he should not wed them if he knows.
2006-10-24 07:33:18 · answer #4 · answered by Midge 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Catholic only confess ceremony before god who is existing everywhere including the civil marriage certificate signed.
2006-10-24 07:03:56 · answer #5 · answered by johnkamfailee 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Since you are asking a serious theological question (one that should obviously be addressed to your priest) on yahoo answers shows that following every rule of Catholic's is not that important to you, so who cares. Shack up together and have a good life.
2006-10-24 07:06:45 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The marriage is not acknowledged by the Catholic church as a sacrament unless the ceremony is held.
2006-10-24 07:05:46 · answer #7 · answered by MG 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why bother having a wedding...you've been shacking-up this long and had a civil ceremony...
2006-10-24 07:04:22 · answer #8 · answered by incognitas8 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
theres some justices of the peace out there that throw in the religious bit in too at the time of marrying you, especially village and town judges with private pratices. but if u are a very religious couple, then u are not tuely married until you are in the eyes of God, but if you have already been having premarital relations and used contraceptives, u aready went against the word of God so why not? me and my fiancee lived together, then we got married in a civil ceremoney. then we went to see a priest about our religious and said we lived together and were married, he said its fine as long as we dont hear about it
2016-05-22 08:16:11 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
nope.... depending on the priest you will generally be asked to live apart until the marriage is blessed in the Church.
there are always circumstances that will test this however as a general rule of thumb - no.
2006-10-24 08:49:51 · answer #10 · answered by Marysia 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋