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To: RKBA Democrat

The Eastern Catholic Churches established annulment processes in the 20th century at Rome's insistence. The Romanian and Melkite Catholic Churches followed the Orthodox Church's practices as recently as 100 years ago.


15 posted on 10/23/2005 7:55:30 AM PDT by JohnRoss (We need a real conservative in 2008)
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To: JohnRoss
The Eastern Catholic Churches established annulment processes in the 20th century at Rome's insistence.

It does allow them the ability to maintain the fiction that there's a difference between every annulment and a divorce.

16 posted on 10/23/2005 12:30:38 PM PDT by FormerLib (Kosova: "land stolen from Serbs and given to terrorist killers in a futile attempt to appease them.")
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To: JohnRoss

"The Eastern Catholic Churches established annulment processes in the 20th century at Rome's insistence. The Romanian and Melkite Catholic Churches followed the Orthodox Church's practices as recently as 100 years ago."

FWIW, I would prefer that we had skipped the adoption of that innovation.


18 posted on 10/23/2005 6:58:12 PM PDT by RKBA Democrat (Lord Jesus Christ, son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner.)
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