2007-01-01 21:23:14 · 5 answers · asked by gilanei 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Even if it is against divorce the Catholic Church has had a few get outs. One is to claim the marriage wasn't consummated, another to claim the marriage was invalid. Henry VIII tried to claim the latter when he wanted to divorce Catherine of Aragon. He failed because the Pope was more afraid of Catherine's father than of Henry but Kings in general got their own way.
2007-01-01 23:28:13 · answer #1 · answered by happyjumpyfrog 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't know how Charlemagne was able to have so many wives, but frequently Kings make their own rules, look at Henry VIII.
The Church may or may not have issue declarations of nullity.
The Catholic Church has believed that God does not recognize civil divorces from the beginnings of the Church.
Jesus said, "Therefore what God has joined together, no human being must separate." (Mark 10:9)
However there may be hope of a declaration of nullity.
The term "annulment" is a misnomer because the Church does not undo or erase a marriage bond.
Rather the Church issues a declaration of nullity when it discovers that the parties were not truly joined by God and hence a full spiritual sacramental marriage as understood by the Church was not present.
Then the parties are free to marry for the first time.
With love in Christ.
2007-01-02 23:37:09 · answer #2 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Charlemagne most certainly did not convert on his deathbed, in fact quite the opposite. He spent his entire reign constructing churches. That aside, he wasn't ever actually divorced. It was especially common in the Middle Ages for the church to decide that a marriage was not valid at the time it was agreed to (this could be because one party was 'coerced', because OOPS SURPRISE they're too closely related, perhaps the wife is "barren", and various other excuses and, typically, lies). This would be much easier for the nobility, especially the king, since the Church needed the support of those individuals (and their treasuries).
2007-01-02 12:55:24 · answer #3 · answered by Riva 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Charlemange converted on his death bed I think. Plus, when you are king you do what you want.
2007-01-02 05:41:23 · answer #4 · answered by fifimsp1 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its more of a recent thing
2007-01-02 05:25:05 · answer #5 · answered by Leechwife 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋