Much of the answer is that it's difficult to formally leave the Catholic Church. One can easily be a bad Catholic. One can easily be a fallen-away Catholic. It's tougher to become truly an ex-Catholic.
Just going to a non-Catholic Church isn't gonna do it. It could get you excommunicated, but of itself, it's not going to get you unpoped.
Hope that helps.
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"Unpoped"?!!
There is no such thing. I am not even a Catholic and I know there is no such thing.
"Unpoped"?!! Who is the real troll here?
Just going to a non-Catholic Church isn't gonna do it. It could get you excommunicated, but of itself, it's not going to get you unpoped.
So you guys really fall for that stuff, and repeat it...
So what, you guys put a hex on people??? No one is bound to your religion or any other religion...Instead of listening to mindless prattle, you might want to ask a former Catholic if he/she is still a Catholic...
Sounds like there’s no such thing as an ex-Catholic or ex-Marine!
But really, my question is about how a marriage that appears to be ‘the same thing’ can be be a) recognized AND b) not recognized. It gets kind of hair-splitting, at least to me. I.e., the marriage is NOT recognized if it is in (say) a Presbyterian church between a Presbyterian and a Catholic. THEN, that same ceremony in a Presbyterian church between two Presbyterians IS recognized.
So years down the line if the two Presbyterians divorce (as is recognized by the Presbyterian church), when one of them wants to marry a Catholic, his/her former marriage is recognized and s/he cannot marry the Catholic in the RC Church.
BUT in the case given here, a (fallen away) Catholic marries a Presbyterian in the Presbyterian Church, and the church doesn’t recognize the marriage (or that’s what I understand the story to be about). Thus, I R confused.