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To: x5452
Do Catholics profess that we are marred in the Kingdom?

I don't believe so. I think the teaching goes something like this: Marriage is an institution and a sacrament that has one primary purpose: children. Since the primary purpose and the secondary purposes are satisfied or no longer necessary in heaven, marriage is no longer necessary.

It's been a while since I looked in to this so I may be wrong. If any other RC has additional info, I'd be happy to correct my errors.

16 posted on 02/03/2006 1:49:23 PM PST by conservonator (Pray for those suffering)
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To: conservonator

I'm pretty sure this was addressed by Paul, who indicated that there is no "marriage" in heaven. Think about the Catholic interpretation of the meaning of marriage and I think you can deduce that it's not the type of relationship we would be pursuing in a spiritual form! That's not to say that souls are not reunited in love after death. Just not in "marriage" which is an earthly institution to unite the flesh of two people.

Think this reading from Paul was in a homily in the past couple of months...

BTW - disgusted that this couple found a priest who was willing to marry them in the Church.


27 posted on 02/03/2006 2:14:19 PM PST by silverleaf (Fasten your seat belts- it's going to be a BUMPY ride.)
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To: conservonator
"At the resurrection therefore whose wife of the seven shall she be? for they all had her. And Jesus answering, said to them: You err, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God. For in the resurrection they shall neither marry nor be married; but shall be as the angels of God in heaven." Matthew 22:28-30

" In the resurrection therefore, when they shall rise again, whose wife shall she be of them? for the seven had her to wife. And Jesus answering, saith to them: Do ye not therefore err, because you know not the scriptures, nor the power of God? For when they shall rise again from the dead, they shall neither marry, nor be married, but are as the angels in heaven." Mark 12:23-25

"In the resurrection therefore, whose wife of them shall she be? For all the seven had her to wife. And Jesus said to them: The children of this world marry, and are given in marriage: But they that shall be accounted worthy of that world, and of the resurrection from the dead, shall neither be married, nor take wives." Luke 20:33-35

48 posted on 02/03/2006 9:18:11 PM PST by A.A. Cunningham
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