Why do Catholics have to get confirmed to be married in a Catholic church?

Question

Doesn't make much sense to me.

Answer 1

Confirmation is the person's personal and deliberate commitment to the Catholic faith. If the person does not wish to commit themselves to the Catholic faith, then why would they want a Catholic wedding? Conversely, if a person truly *does* wish to be Catholic and have a Catholic wedding, there is no problem getting confirmed prior to the wedding.

Answer 2

If you want to get married in the Catholic Church, you have to be a Catholic. It's that simple. Part of becoming a Catholic is receiving the three Sacraments of Initiation: Baptism, (first) Holy Communion, and then Confirmation.

One is not "fully" Catholic unless they have received all three of these Sacraments. So, you see, it does make sense.

Answer 3

When you get confirmed, you are basically "confirming" that you want to be Catholic and you accept Catholocism as the "true" religion. They want you to be confirmed before you get married because they think they are right. They don't want heathens in their church (the roof might collapse!) and they don't think God will recognize the marriage if both people aren't confirmed. Catholics also don't recognize divorce. My mom couldn't get remarried in a Catholic church because, according to them, she was still married to my Dad!
BTW, Wally, the Bible was written by MAN not God. Nowhere does it claim to be written by Man. That's why there is a Gospel of Peter, Mark, Luke, etc. and not a gospel of God. Therefore, the Bible is nothing but man made ideas.

Answer 4

Maybe it would be helpful but maybe not absolutely necessary. Confirmation is the sacrament where we receive the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit more fully. The Holy Spirit comes to us and gives us the gifts of piety, knowledge, understanding, fortitude, fear of the Lord, wisdom and counsel. We also receive the fruits of the Holy
Spirit. The fruits are joy, chastity, goodness, benignity, modesty, etc. Since marriage is such a big responsibility, we need to receive the Holy Spirit more fully so that we can respond more fully to the responsibilities and challenges of raising and educating children. Without the sacrament of confirmation, we may not be fully equiped to fight the enemies of our soul. So confirmation is a gift of the church to us so that together with the Holy Spirit we can face the challenges of marriage more successfully.

Answer 5

Catholics view marriage as a Sacred Vocation instituted by God. It makes sense that one would receive the Sacrament of Confirmation before entering the vocation of marriage.

Answer 6

first of all, maybe confirmation means something different to you if you're not catholic. And, secondly, you do not have to get confirmed to be married in a catholic church.

Answer 7

Like Baptism which it completes, Confirmation is given only once, for it too imprints on the soul an indelible spiritual mark, the "character," which is the sign that Jesus Christ has marked a Christian with the seal of his Spirit by clothing him with power from on high so that he may be his witness, much needed in marriages today. One must accept the grace to become witness to it, if not marriages fail

Answer 8

Confirmation is not absolutely required before matrimony, but considering how tough it is to stay married these days, it couldn't hurt.

Judging from your questions, a lot of things don't seem to make sense to you.

Answer 9

maybe because there's no divorce in the Catholic church?

it seems that confirmation would be a good idea before tying the knot...

Answer 10

That increases there memberships and therefore they can say there is more catholics and therefore we are the true church. Why not follow the bible and do what it says instead of man made ideas that serve no purpose