The Church's competence to judge marriages of non-Catholic
"John Smith is a baptized Anglican. He and Rebecca Rowe, also an Anglican, married in the Anglican Church. Their marriage failed and they subsequently obtained a civil divorce. John Smith believes in the indissolubility of marriage. He knows that his own Church does not affirm this truth. He ha...
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2006
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Roman replies and CLSA advisory opinions
Year: 2006, Pages: 45-49 |
| IxTheo Classification: | SB Catholic Church law |
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Jurisdiction
B Marriage law B Non-Catholic B Catholic church Codex iuris canonici 1983. can. 11 B Naturehe B Violence B Catholic church Codex iuris canonici 1983. can. 1671 B Catholic church Codex iuris canonici 1983. can. 1059 B Catholic church Codex iuris canonici 1983. can. 1476 |
| Summary: | "John Smith is a baptized Anglican. He and Rebecca Rowe, also an Anglican, married in the Anglican Church. Their marriage failed and they subsequently obtained a civil divorce. John Smith believes in the indissolubility of marriage. He knows that his own Church does not affirm this truth. He has no intention of getting married to a Catholic nor to become a Catholic himself. But he wants to introduce a petition for a declaration of the nullity of his marriage. Is the Catholic Church competent to judge the nullity of his marriage especially when he has neither the intention to become a Catholic nor to marry a Catholic? He just wants the Catholic Church's decision on his marriage for the peace of his own conscience. What is the appropriate response to this situation?" |
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: Roman replies and CLSA advisory opinions
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