My friend got married in a Pentecostal church. (She's divorced now). I was told that the Catholic Church does not recognise this marriage. Is this true?
(This would free her to marry her current boyfried who is Catholic.)
2007-07-25 08:34:59 · 13 answers · asked by nettyone2003 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
All previous marriages, civil or religious, have to be dealt with before someone can be married in the Catholic Church.
The Catholic Church believes that God does not recognize civil divorces.
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.
Approach the appropriate person your in your parish who has been trained in the process. If you encounter difficulties, you may go directly to the diocese.
Be prayerful, honest and patient. It takes a while.
With love in Christ.
2007-07-25 17:13:24 · answer #1 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am unfamiliar with Pentacostal churches and I do not know how they baptize. If they baptize in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, then they are considered part of teh Christian faith.
A marriage between two Christians is assumed to be valid by the Catholic Church. If a non-Catholic Christian is divorced and wishes to marry a Catholic, the non-Catholic Christian must have his or her first marriage annulled before he os she can be married by the Catholic Church.
If the Pentacostals baptize only in the name of Jesus Christ, then the first marriage was not considered valid by the Catholic Church and the Pentacostal is free to marry the Catholic in the Catholic Church
Please contact me if you still have a question on this
2007-07-25 10:40:03 · answer #2 · answered by Sldgman 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hello,
I have been through this situation in my family.
According to the Catholic church, all Christian marriages are recognized as real marriages. If I want to marry a protestant girl who is divorced I would have to go through their annulment procedures and investigations just as I would with anothe Catholic and that takes time and may or may not be granted in the end.
Now here is the funny double catch here. When a Catholic like my brother-in - law married a protestant in the Luthernan Church his particular marriage was not deemed to be valid so he was classed as just living in sin so to speak. He just saw the priest, confessed his sin and he was able to marry my sister without any annulment. My sister who is Catholic and divorced another Catholic earlier had to go through the annulment proceedings.
So in conclusion, because your friend, if a Catholic, married in a protestant church she was not technically married in the eyes of the Catholic church so she's free to marry her boyfriend any time in the church; if she is protestant , there would bee some difficulties as mentioned.
Cheers,
Michael Kelly
2007-07-25 08:50:54 · answer #3 · answered by Michael Kelly 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. But she would not find it easy to remartry in a Catholic Church having been divorced...unless she could show it was not a real marriage.
(If she had a friendly priest, and an accepting non-Catholic Church, she could get married elsewhere with the priest conducting the ceremony.
I almost arranged that once.
2007-07-25 08:53:34 · answer #4 · answered by alan h 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If a non-Catholic has a wedding, the RC recognizes it as a valid wedding. It is only when a Catholic marrys outside the Church that it is not recognized. Your Catholic friend is lucky because if she had of married Catholic and divorced, she could not be re-married.
2007-07-26 08:32:12 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Speaking from my own experience let me tell you my story in short.
I am Protestant Lutheran, my deceased husband belonged to the Catholic faith. When we married, we were not allowed to marry in the Catholic church. Cause I was divorced from my former spouse in Germany. Nevertheless, the only thing that we were allowed to do is getting married in the city hall.
So meaning the Catholic Church is really strict about it. They believe once you married you are married for life. If she wants to marry her Catholic boy friend, she might want to get baptized into the Catholic faith. And than I think they might need to ask for permission by the Archbishop.
2007-07-25 08:43:09 · answer #6 · answered by angelikabertrand64 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi there, if your friend is not a catholic, she could become one, and get married in the catholic church. I know people who have done this, she should go and have a word with the priest.
2007-07-25 08:48:24 · answer #7 · answered by ? 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
The Catholic Church recognizes nothing that is not the Catholic Church...
2007-07-25 08:38:41 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Who would give a hang about a defunct bent organisation giving the OK to a personal companionship ??
This twisted mob, with a mad old figurehead into wearing dresses and sniffing tarmac,refuses to recognise many things which is understandable when they have their heads wedged up their own anus !
2007-07-25 09:04:07 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
£10 on the plate yes. £100 on the plate and the priest will say gay marriage is OK. $10,000,000 cheque and the pope will bless gay marriage - after the cheque has cleared of course . . .
2007-07-25 09:03:54 · answer #10 · answered by Mike10613 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋