Annulment of a Jewish Marriage

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Now here is where I’m confused. If a marriage is annuled due to defect than the marriage never was in effect with all the ramifications. However, if annulment merely puts an end to the marriage state which is viewed to have been in effect until the anulment- then all your doing is euphemistically calling divorce “annulment” and it is therefore incorrect for Catholics to assert that they do not allow divorce. Seemingly the book should be called “the wedding that wasn’t” not “the wedding that was”

No, a decree of nullity does not put an end to a valid marriage. It only declares that a marriage was not valid at its beginning. There is no way to dissolve a valid, sacramental marriage. It is not a divorce, or in any way similar to a divorce.

Honestly, I have to suggest you read up on the topic if you care to. Something more than the cursory explanation I have given requires much more time and in-depth discussion that I feel I have time for or that this board is conducive to.

Catholic Answers has a good article on this topic in a past issue of This Rock, perhaps a quick search of catholic.com would turn it up.