A person is either married or they are NOT!
2007-06-20 12:57:27 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
yes they are and only granted for the rich who will pay the price...seems like it is beneficial in the catholic church to have money...surprise surprise...same with most religions...if you have the money you can get anything done...wonder if their god really believes in that and wanted that as part of his/her doctrines?
2007-06-20 13:00:22 · answer #1 · answered by Daisy 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
You are absolutely right ... a person is married or they are not. And that is exactly why annulment is necessary! If all the required circumstances were in place at the time of the wedding, then the couple were and still are married, and nothing can change that except the death of one of the parties. However, if some serious impediment to validity existed at the time of the wedding, then they never were validly married. So obviously there has to be some means of determining which of those two possibilities is true. An annulment proceding is simply an investigation to determine whether all the requirements for a valid Christian marriage were in place at the time of the wedding or not. If the tribunal finds that all was in order, the petition for annulment is denied because the marriage is valid, and a valid Christian marriage cannot be undone by any earthly power. If a serious impediment is found, then the annulment is granted. An annulment does not change anything! It does not "undo" anything. It is simply an official statement, following an indepth investigation, that a particular union did not meet the minimum requirements for a valid marriage.
2007-06-20 13:29:31 · answer #2 · answered by PaulCyp 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Exactly. The Church discerns if there were a valid and/or sacramental marriage or not. Ifind the Catholic Church the only Christian Church that I know that is NOT hypocritical about marriage for all the others know that Jesus taught against divorce but they accept divorce. Jesus said "What God has joined together,let no man put assunder.' Annulments show the way that Jesus showed when He adds in Matt."...false relationships(porneia or ivalid "marriages") are another case."
2007-06-20 13:55:08 · answer #3 · answered by James O 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, I do not. I received an annulment from the Church because my (now ex) beat the crap out of me for 5 years.
And to the poster who talked about money - mine cost a whole TWENTY FIVE bucks. Stop lying.
If something like that happens, you CAN get your marriage annulled if you want to, as I did. Most people do it because they want to get married again, which I will never do, but it isn't a "loophole"
2007-06-20 13:17:33 · answer #4 · answered by SpiritRoaming 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i gotta say, i was raised a catholic and i still don't understand or agree with a lot of what the religion says.( here comes the thumbs down) an annulment is kind of stupid if you think about it. it doesn't mean you were never married it just a loophole for the church to have a clear consience.
2007-06-20 13:04:56 · answer #5 · answered by racer 51 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The Catholic Church is officially opposed to divorce. But it has provided annulments, which is a loophole that say the marriage never took place--which is impossible. That keeps the Church looking clean while allowing estranged couples to get out of their marriage. EVERYBODY WINS!!!
2007-06-20 12:59:14 · answer #6 · answered by LineDancer 7 · 3⤊ 2⤋
in some cases I wonder about it but, the Churches where there is a question mark are usually the Churches that have real liberal leaders and Bishops
2007-06-20 13:00:02 · answer #7 · answered by Midge 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋
And that is what an annulment is - NOT married.
Cheers :-)
2007-06-20 12:59:34 · answer #8 · answered by chekeir 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
everything in catholicism is hypocritical.
2007-06-20 13:03:18 · answer #9 · answered by case h 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋