A Question on Marriage

[Pavel458]

If a Catholic man who was never married, marrys a divorced Episcopalean. What are the consequences they will face? What if both continue to practice their individual Religions?

 

[puzzleannie]

the Catholic party has just entered into an invalid marriage because the Episcopalean was not free to marry due to a prior bond. Unless and until the previously married party receives a decree of nullity stating the first marriage was invalid, he is not free to marry anyone, Catholic or not, because he is still married.

the Catholic party is barred from the sacraments and must ask his pastor’s advice on how to proceed to return to a state of grace and rectify the marriage and living situation. He still is obligated to attend Sunday Mass.

 

[1ke]

If a Catholic man who was never married, marrys a divorced Episcopalean. What are the consequences they will face? What if both continue to practice their individual Religions?

The Catholic is **obligated **to marry in the Catholic form or receive dispensation to marry a non-Catholic outside Catholic form in the non-Catholic’s church. A Catholic must also have permission to marry a non-Catholic.

And, the Catholic is NOT free to marry a person who has a prior marriage. Only if the prior marriage of the Episcopalian is shown to be invalid can such a marriage take place. The Episcopalian would need to submit their marriage case to the Catholic tribunal for evaluation. NO GUARANTEES.

A Catholic who goes outside the Church and marries a divorced person would be in a state of mortal sin and would not be able to receive any of the sacraments until they change the situation.

 

[Pavel458]

So if the Catholic shows proof that the marriage was annuled under the Episcopalean Church and presents this to the Catholic Tribunal and it is approved. Then the Catholic can marry in the Catholic Church?

If the prior marriage of the Espiscopalean was to a Catholic man in the Catholic Church does this marriage need to be annuled in the Catholic church

 

[1ke]

So if the Catholic shows proof that the marriage was annuled under the Episcopalean Church and presents this to the Catholic Tribunal and it is approved. Then the Catholic can marry in the Catholic Church?

No. You misunderstand. The “annulment” in the Episcopal church is irrelevant. It has NO bearing on the validity of the marriage at all. The EC has no authority to declare a marriage null. Only the Catholic Church does.

The Epsicopalian would have to present their case to the Catholic Church from scratch.

If the prior marriage of the Espiscopalean was to a Catholic man in the Catholic Church does this marriage need to be annuled in the Catholic church

It needs to be declared null by the Catholic Church no matter WHO the Episcopalian was married to.