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To: Responsibility2nd
Check it out, pal. As far as MARRIAGE in the Church is concerned, that is correct.

Sorry, but Marriage is civil AND religious construct. The Church is only concerned about the religious. Marriages outside the Catholic Church ARE NOT considered religious marriages BY THE CHURCH of ROME.

244 posted on 12/05/2011 12:55:00 PM PST by Jim from C-Town (The government is rarely benevolent, often malevolent and never benign!)
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To: Jim from C-Town

Your smug and sanctimonius “The Catholic Church IS THE ONLY Church” attitude has been duly noted.


248 posted on 12/05/2011 1:10:26 PM PST by Responsibility2nd (NO LIBS! This means liberals AND libertarians (same thing) NO LIBS!)
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To: Jim from C-Town
Sorry, but Marriage is civil AND religious construct. The Church is only concerned about the religious. Marriages outside the Catholic Church ARE NOT considered religious marriages BY THE CHURCH of ROME.

I am afraid you are overstating the situation. The Catholic Church does in fact recognize the marriages of Protestants and other Christians, and this is exactly why annulments are sought by people coming into the Church. If such marriages were not seen as binding by the Church there would be no problem at all, but they are and so must be addressed when there have been divorces and remarriages. The only such marriages which the Church doesn't recognize are those which actually have been annulled, so to speak, and this was because they lacked something in matter or form, not because they were performed outside of the Church.

256 posted on 12/05/2011 3:06:13 PM PST by cothrige
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