Why does the Catholic Church Teach???

Question

Why does the Catholic Chuch teach that divorce is permitted? Even saying they have the power to give annulments? There is nothing about annulments in the Bible. Are you adding to God's words? Where did this come from? Can you explain?

Doesnt the Bible say that what God has put together, let no MAN take apart?

Read Romans 7:1 Divorce is NOT permitted in the Bible.

Does the Church's dogma out trump God's word? I don't think so?

How many thing annulments is just another way for the Catholic Church to raise money?

How can you have a marriage cerimony where 2 people become one in God's eyes. Then turn around and tear them apart because some man said it was OK?

Do you really trust this organization?

You should trust God and the Bible. The word "Trust" is another word for faith. Are you trusting God, or trusting your organization?

I do know the difference between divorce and annulments.

Divorce is when two people separate, but they are still one in God's eyes.

An annulment is a Catholic made idea, that says that even though they are married already, that they can be free from their commitement they made "until death do us part".

Again, just another reference to the Catholic Church teaching you can have your cake and eat it too.

Answer 1

The most offensive thing to me about the Catholic church is their declaration one must be Catholic in order to be saved. Faith isn't good enough.

And you might want to know that nowhere in Scripture is a church given the authority to bind marriages, let alone dissolve them.

Your comment on divorce is somewhat incorrect though. If one's mate commits adultery, that is grounds for divorce. Also, Paul states that if an unbelieving mate leaves, the believing mate is not bound to the one who left. ( I Cor. 7:15)

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Answer 2

The Catholic Church does not "permit" divorce. Divorce is a function of the civil government. The Catholic Church acknowledges that people can get civil divorces, because it's a true fact. It would be silly to not acknowledge a true fact.

The Catholic Church does not "give" annulments. A marriage is either sacramentally valid or it is not. If it is not and it can be proven that it is not, the Churhc issues a decree of nullity. The Church does NOT change the status of any couple's marriage. If the couple wishes the Church to investigate the validity of their marriage, the Church will do so and report the findings, but that's all. Sometimes a decree of nullity is issued, sometimes not, but no facts are altered or changed.

There is nothing about annulments in the Bible, but there is something about divorce and quite a bit about marriage. The Catholic Church began looking into the validity of marriage as a mercy to people who were caught in invalid marriages.

Is it adding to God's word? Nope, just interpreting it. You interpret the Bible, why can't we?

Yes, the Bible says what God puts together, no man can seperate. That's the whole purpose of the annulment process. The couple has to present evidence to prove that God didn't put their marriage together. If they don't have the evidence, they have no decree of nullity. If they DO have evidence, then they get one.

The Church's dogma does not trump God's Word, it works within God's Word.

The Church does NOT tear marriages apart. The Church investigates to find out if the couple were truly made one in God's eyes. Sometimes they aren't -- if one person is lying when stating the vows and has no intention of staying together through sickness, for example. Or if they are not properly instructed and don't understand the vows they are taking.

Try learning the FACTS before you make accusations.

Answer 3

This tops them all. Again Catholics are criticized by both sides. "Catholics allow no divorces." "Catholics permit divorces." In the Catholic church there is no such thing as divorce. The only way two people who have been married are permitted to remarry is through the annullment process. Now this process does not break up a marriage, it is to determine if a marriage was valid in the first place.

This is not a small process either taking from 8-12 months many times. It is exactly for the reasons specified by you that the Catholic church does not allow divorce and remarriage. In fact if you remarry without a statement of nullity then you are barred from communion.

I IMPLORE you to try and learn more about the Catholic church. Truly you are misguided in a lot of your information. The search for truth is paramount in the Catholic church and I believe that if you put more effort into research you would realize that Catholic teaching is not against the bible but directly in line with it, more so than any other Christian church out there.

Answer 4

Yes, they hope the faithful will support the church as best they can. The Roman Catholic Church is the biggest private charity in the world and the USA. They don't get that way from no one donating money to continue the good works of the church. On the other hand, they do not look at your IRS statements like the Mormons do. If you are Mormon, you better give at least 10 percent. No temple recommend or benefits if you do not. They will hound you. The Catholic Church also teaches there are going to be times where you cannot afford a penny as you need to care for your family and pay your mortgage. They understand this stuff.

Answer 5

You are misinformed. The Catholic church does not allow divorce for any reason. The Church takes the vow "until death do us part" seriously. Annulment has nothing to do with divorce. There are certain criteria that must be present in order for a marriage to be valid. Wouldn't you agree? Or do you think a valid marriage results whenever two people recite some vows, regardless of their intentions, mental state, age, understanding of marriage, etc. The Catholic Church takes marriage so seriously that supposed marriages formed without the requisite criteria being present are not recognized as valid. An annulment does not undo anything. It is simply an official statement that after a thorough investigation of the circumstances surrounding a putative marrige, a serious deficit has been found which caused the union to be invalid FROM THE BEGINNING. Any marriage that is valid at the beginning is valid for life. Nothing that happens later can change that.

Answer 6

If someone starts a question with "Why does the Catholic Church teach...?" it is a safe bet that what the questioner THINKS the Catholic Church teaches is probably something the Catholic Church DOES NOT teach.

Unlike most Christian churches, the catholic Church DOES NOT teach that divorce is ok. The Catholic Church does not recognize divorce as having any effect on a marriage.

An annulment is a declaration that a valid marriage was not in effect in the first place. If a man or woman was forced or coerced into marriage by the other, would you consider that marriage valid? If a man never intended to remain faithful to the marriage vows, would that marriage be valid? If the man or woman lied about themselves to convince the other to marry, would that marriage be valid?

Where does the Churches authority come from? It comes from Jesus Christ - "Whatever you bind on earth is held bound in Heaven"

Answer 7

Personally I don't trust ANY organization that claims to have cornered the market on truth. You're right..divorce is not permitted in the bible. Look around. How many people do you see living in the bible. The Church is a time and culture bound institution. Like it or not, "things change." Is really offensive to God to annul a marriage where all kinds of abuse takes place? Is really offensive to God to annul a marriage in which one party was deceived by another? Its not "in the Bible" that slavery as an institution be abolished but it was....

Answer 8

A person who is divorced may not remarry in the church.

An annulment may be granted only because the marriage was invalid in the first place meaning one or both of the persons did not enter into their vow in good faith.

In other words one (or both) lied to God and the church when they made their vow to begin with. For example if the man was already married when he marries a second women, the church would grant an annulment because the second marriage wasn't valid to begin with.

EDIT: And Hogie, your statement that the Catholic church declared one must be Catholic in order to be saved is an outright lie. Typical propraganda. It's not at all what the Pope said but what he actually said has been typically distorted by hate mongers.

CJ, well, what can I say. Your Q and A's speak for themselves.

Answer 9

Yes I do trust the Church.

Excuse me if I trust the Church over a person who is obviously not bright enough to know the difference between divorce and annulment.

Answer 10

The Word of God (Jesus) told us we are not to make oathes to God, an oath can never be broken, it can only be fulfilled, (completed).

When we take a vow of marriage, we say until death do we part. Therefore, we must complete this vow.

This is sanctifying our choice of whom we have chosen. If we chose God the Father as our God, it is adultery and fornication to lust after another God, it is also adultery and fornication to lust after another partner after we have chosen one.

The Catholic church is a false God, she mixes lies with truth as do all churches of the physical world. Our chosen God is not phycial, God is a spirit and seeks such to worship Him in spirit and in truth.

Word of God 1 Chr. 17:2, God's Son Jesus built God a church, not men. Destroy this church and I will raise it up in 3 days.