I heard that if you get married by church you cannot get divorced, is this true? or is it only certain religions? Is catholic one of them? or is this not true? anyone know? anyone been married by church only?
2007-07-12 04:32:09 · 41 answers · asked by deaftonez 2 in Family & Relationships ➔ Marriage & Divorce
Catholics do not believe in divorce. Of course you can always get a legal divorce through the courts like anyone else. The church does not recognize this though and if a legally divorced person got remarried or dated, he/she would be sinning since the church did not recognize the legal divorce.
The church can give someone a church sanctioned annulment which means the first marriage never existed. This leaves the catholic person free to marry again as it would be considered a first marriage.
All of this has to do with the church. What a person needs to do legally still needs to be done.
2007-07-12 04:36:03 · answer #1 · answered by Patti C 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If you are a married catholic, divorce does not allow you to remarry in the church. Divorce is a civil legal action that is not recognized by teh catholic Church. As far as the Catholic Church is concerned, a divorced person is still married to the person they have divorced.
I know many Catholics who are divorced but have not remarried. They cannot get married again in the catholic Church unless the first marriage is declared to be an invalid marriage. This is called annulment.
2007-07-12 06:41:57 · answer #2 · answered by Sldgman 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here are the facts.
You are allowed to get divorced if you've been married in the Catholic church. No one looks down on you, as one of the other answerers claimed. If they do, they are doing it on their own, not because the church itself takes a bad view of divorce. The Catholic church, however, still considers you to be married to that spouse because the church does not recognize civil divorce.
There is an anullment process that the church provides. The purpose of it is to show that your marriage never really possessed the attributes necessary for a religious union. Without this anullment, you may not remarry in the Catholic church.
If you obtain a church anullment, it does not, as is popularly believed, mean that your marriage never existed. Your children are legitimate, etc. The anullment simply means that, although everyone believed your marriage to be valid, it was missing certain elements to make it binding in the church. Once you have this anullment from the Catholic church, then you are free to remarry within the church.
As far as I know, no other religion has these restrictions.
2007-07-12 04:43:16 · answer #3 · answered by Musicality 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes you can get a divorce if you are Catholic. The Priest marries you, but you still had to go through the state/ county for the license and that is who will handle the divorce. You may find it difficult to get married in a Catholic church after your divorce.
2007-07-12 05:00:19 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are married in the Catholic Church, you can get a legal divorce but you cannot remarry in the Church until you are granted an annullment or special dispensation from teh Church.
You can remarry after a legal divorce as long as its not a Catholic ceremony,though.
2007-07-12 04:40:15 · answer #5 · answered by Melanie J 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There's so much you have to go to in order to be divorced in the church. First you have to go to marriage counseling and such, and I know there's something about an annulment. I'm gonna look it up now and see what I can find, but it is definitely looked down upon if you get a divorce, and it is committing adultery if you remarry after a divorce, according to strict Catholics. They feel the marriage bond is still there even with a divorce. It's kind of complicated.
2007-07-12 04:37:58 · answer #6 · answered by andrea 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can get divorced no matter what your religion. However, if you get divorced and you are catholic, you cannot get married again in the church. The catholic Church will not allow you to remarry in the church unless your marriage ends by the death of your spouse, or an annulment by the Pope.
2007-07-12 04:35:05 · answer #7 · answered by YouWishYouWereMe 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
you can but if you ever wanted to get married again in a catholic church you would have to get it annulled. the church will not recognize the divorce since the dont believe in it. i dont know about Christians or any others but i would think some are similar. look it up. check out websites of different religion.
2007-07-12 04:37:14 · answer #8 · answered by dwmmdm2 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am a catholic. I was married through the church. And I have gotten divorced, does this mean that I am damned?? I wouldnt think so. I was in a very unhappy and unstable marriage and I think that my ex having an affair for 6 months and hitting me was a way for God to let me know that there was better out there for me. He showed me my path and I strayed from it by marrying the wrong guy. But now my life is on track and better than ever!
2007-07-12 04:36:38 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
One can get divorced, if married in the catholic church, but one may not remarry in the church according to the catholic religion.
2007-07-12 04:35:14 · answer #10 · answered by lollipop 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋