If a practicing catholic is granted a divorce through the court and remarries, could the person get remarried in a catholic church? If not and the person is married at a courthouse, does it still make that person an adulterer?
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Zack Be Gone - All Hail Firebrand.
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Catholics have to get an annulment from the Catholic Church in order to have any subsequent marriages recognized as valid by the Catholic Church.
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In the eyes of the Church yes i am afraid it does. Go to the church and ask for an annulment to go through ,I believe it happens quite frequently now. Then you can remarry in Church because your first marriage would never have happened. If you are divorced through the court the church does not recognise the divorce. Remember these are Church rules, you would still be divorced and married again in the eyes of the law.You are not legally committing adultery
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Yes. I used to be catholic and went through that exact same scenario. Catholics are very, (unlike their jesus), unforgiving. Unless, of course, you have the right amount of money to buy your way back in. THEN they like you again. True story.
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If the first marriage was accepted as valid by the church you will need to get an annulment from the church for them to accept a new marriage as valid. If you don't receive the annulment, you will not be eligible to receive the sacraments. The church will consider you to be living in sin by committing adultery. An annulment will cost several hundred dollars and will probably take around 2 years to acquire.
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All previous marriages, civil or religious, have to be dealt with before someone can be married in the Catholic Church. The Catholic Church believes that God does not recognize civil divorces. Jesus said, "Therefore what God has joined together, no human being must separate." (Mark 10:9) However there may be hope of a declaration of nullity. The term "annulment" is a misnomer because the Church does not undo or erase a marriage bond. Rather the Church issues a declaration of nullity when it discovers that the parties were not truly joined by God and hence a full spiritual sacramental marriage as understood by the Church was not present. Then the parties are free to marry for the first time. With love in Christ.
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yes you are still able to get married in a catholic church or anywhere else you wish to,you are not an adulterer in any way,you are simply trying to be happy in your life,and there's nothing wrong with this.
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