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To: FourtySeven

Does this make the children bastards in the church which annulled the parents marriage?


18 posted on 07/01/2013 1:39:58 PM PDT by RginTN
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To: RginTN

I don’t know the answer to that question, as a matter of fact, to be honest.

However if one accepts the definition of “bastard child” as one concieved as a result of willful fornication I would say “no”, as, at the time, (I think it’s safe to assume) the two believed they were married so they did not “willfully” commit fornication.

This is my opinion of the situation.


19 posted on 07/01/2013 2:00:56 PM PDT by FourtySeven (47)
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To: RginTN

No it does not. The parents had a civil marriage, the Church is dealing only with the Sacrament of Holy Matrimony.


22 posted on 07/01/2013 2:09:58 PM PDT by pbear8 (the Lord is my light and my salvation)
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To: RginTN

Ok, if you want to put it that way. That’s kind of a mean slur on innocent children, though. The parents were also considered married according to the civil laws of the state, so the kids are not the children of unwed parents under the civil laws.


29 posted on 07/01/2013 9:56:10 PM PDT by married21
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To: RginTN

No


30 posted on 07/01/2013 10:11:13 PM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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Does this make the children bastards in the church which annulled the parents marriage?

NO, it does not. Legitimacy for children is imparted by the STATE by way of the marriage license. If a couple has children and is divorced legally, that doesn't make their children 'bastards', so why should the statement of nullity of a Sacrament, which had nothing to do with 'legitimacy' of any children born in that marriage?

36 posted on 07/02/2013 6:45:54 PM PDT by SuziQ
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