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Post by Cepha on Oct 25, 2008 9:02:25 GMT -5
A thread for questions on The Catholic Mass and practices. 
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Post by cradlecathlic27 on Nov 4, 2008 1:10:45 GMT -5
I have a question... Do Catholics believe that if you are not married in the Catholic Church, you are going to hell or that the marraige is not recognised?
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Post by Cepha on Nov 4, 2008 9:33:55 GMT -5
I have a question... Do Catholics believe that if you are not married in the Catholic Church, you are going to hell or that the marraige is not recognised? It's difficult to know what Catholics believe individually, but as far as what The Church teaches, I believe that they recognize marriages by other Christian faiths depending on which church it is. As far as going to hell, you'll go to hell for living together supposedly, but even then, God has the final say once you get up there. |
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Post by cradlecathlic27 on Nov 4, 2008 15:33:09 GMT -5
See wes and I got a marraige certificate at the Courthouse. We were just wondering what the stance of The Church was, if that is true, then i dont really like their belief. BUT i will have my marriage blessed then, i dont want to go to hell lol
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Post by teresahrc on Jun 1, 2009 13:19:23 GMT -5
Yeah, I wondered about all that too. My huband is Orthodox. In RCIA a bunch of people had their marriages "blessed" because one was Catholic and the other not, and then after they converted they had the ceremony to "validate" their marriage. I asked the Priest about that and he was like "you don't have to worry about that" but what does that mean? Is my marriage not considered "valid" because my husband isn't Catholic, or does it not matter because when we got married we were both protestants?
If you find anything out, let me know CC ok?
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Post by Cepha on Jun 2, 2009 8:54:38 GMT -5
Yeah, I wondered about all that too. My huband is Orthodox. In RCIA a bunch of people had their marriages "blessed" because one was Catholic and the other not, and then after they converted they had the ceremony to "validate" their marriage. I asked the Priest about that and he was like "you don't have to worry about that" but what does that mean? Is my marriage not considered "valid" because my husband isn't Catholic, or does it not matter because when we got married we were both protestants? If you find anything out, let me know CC ok? The Catholic Church acknowledges several of the sacraments of other Christian religions and accepts them wholey without the need to re-perform them...Marriage and Baptism are two of them.  |
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Post by teresahrc on Jun 5, 2009 17:19:31 GMT -5
So is it just when a Catholic marries a non-Catholic, then the non-Catholic converts that they do a "validation" ceremony?
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Post by Cepha on Jun 6, 2009 9:53:47 GMT -5
So is it just when a Catholic marries a non-Catholic, then the non-Catholic converts that they do a "validation" ceremony? Non-Catholics don't "have to" convert to Catholicism to marry one. Most converts are spiritually mature Protestants. |
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Post by mrstain on Jun 11, 2009 16:44:35 GMT -5
My wife (lapsed Catholic at the time) and I (non-practicing Baptist at the time) were married by a Presbyterian minister. Unfortunately, the minister later ran off with the Church secretary so I knew our marriage could not have been valid. Just kidding. I am not a Donatist.  On a serious note, my wife and I just got our marriage blessed last year and it was truly a wonderful & sacramental experience. |
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Post by mrstain on Jun 11, 2009 16:48:42 GMT -5
Why do we do "what" we do at Mass? Because it's in Scripture.
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Post by Cepha on Jun 12, 2009 9:36:50 GMT -5
Why do we do "what" we do at Mass? Because it's in Scripture. Yeah, that was kind of obvious, wasn't it? LOL! Oh, I forgot, only to people who are "allowed" to read The Bible on their own! |
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Post by alfie on Jun 6, 2010 16:43:03 GMT -5
Why doesn't the laity drink the cup, why only the priest?
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