The Juridical Competence of the Catholic Church in Annulling the Marriage of the Non-Baptized
The Catholic Church accepts the validity of the marriage of the nonCatholics provided they are married according to the norms or customs of their own or of the place that do not go against the divine or natural law. The law applicable in marriage nullity procedure involving two unbaptized persons a...
| Summary: | The Catholic Church accepts the validity of the marriage of the nonCatholics provided they are married according to the norms or customs of their own or of the place that do not go against the divine or natural law. The law applicable in marriage nullity procedure involving two unbaptized persons are given Dignitas Connubii which can be considered as a complimentary source of interpretation of the Oriental Canons. The marriage nullity cases of the unbaptized are considered only when there is a necessity to prove their free state before the Church. |
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| ISSN: | 2248-9789 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Iustitia
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