I posted the other day in case someone who responded remembers the story lol. I was raised Baptist, married just after turning 17 (due to family turmoils), was separated at 20 (spouse was verbally abusive and turned out to be atheist), divorced at 23 (he also fought the divorce). My now husband and I were Baptized together in a Baptist Church before marrying almost 10 years ago. Wondering would my first marriage need to be annulled since neither of us were baptized and he actually wasn’t a believer at all? If I do need to get it annulled would my now husband and I have to renew our vows? I feel like I’m being called to convert but I want to be as well informed about this as possible before meeting with the priest to proceed. Thank you!
This is one of those questions where you will have to talk with the pastor of your potential parish. People here can give opinions, but often miss important details that will make a difference.
Give the parish a call and make an appointment with the pastor. He will be able to guide you.
Gather your thoughts on your situation and make an appointment to see your local parish priest. He can better assess your situation. While comments here may be helpful, they are not binding not necessarily correct.
Best wishes in your quest.
Thank you I certainly will be discussing this with the priest. I just came across the Pauline Privilege, wondering if this would apply since we weren’t baptized prior to the first marriage. That would make it non sacramental and a natural marriage of nature from my (granted very little) understanding?
You really do need to talk to a knowledgeable priest. It sounds like a case of disparity of cult, but even though I have some training in the nullity process, take my advise (and that of the other posters) and make an appointment with a knowledgeable priest to assess your situation. I don’t know if a priest would do anything until you made a definitive move to convert to the Catholic church. I don’t think the church rules on annulments of persons in other denominations. Could be wrong though.
Thank you to every for your information. I did forget one possibly important part of the story, my first husband remarried the year before I did (Which was why he finally agreed to divorce). I don’t know if that would make any difference in the outcome but it just occurred to me. :woman_shrugging:t3:
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