catholic marriage

[glaxop]

Can a catholic & non-baptized person marry in the catholic church or do both have to at least be baptized? If they can then (if a catholic & a non-baptized person marry in the catholic church) are they still living in sin?

 

[searching04]

Can a catholic & non-baptized person marry in the catholic church or do both have to at least be baptized? If they can then (if a catholic & a non-baptized person marry in the catholic church) are they still living in sin?

Yes, they can. My daughter is in this situation with her future husband. We are Catholic, he is not. Wouldn’t surprise me, though, if he converts at some point. But for right now, I think it requires some sort of dispensation or something, and typically the church encourages having communion, but not a mass.

Is not a sin in the least. Catholics have to promise to raise kids Catholic, though.

 

[Michael1978]

My understanding is that you can be married in the Church if you receive a dispensation from your Bishop. The marriage will be valid, but will not be sacramental. The Catholic party to the marriage must promise to raise any children born in the Church.

 

[glaxop]

So what is the difference between a valid & sacramental marriage? If the spouse were to become catholic in the future could it then become sacramental?

 

[Michael1978]

Here is a good resource:

jimmyakin.org/2008/05/sacramental-mar.html

 

[puzzleannie]

Can a catholic & non-baptized person marry in the catholic church or do both have to at least be baptized? If they can then (if a catholic & a non-baptized person marry in the catholic church) are they still living in sin?

the Catholic party must obtain permission from the bishop to marry either a baptized non-Catholic, or an unbaptized person, and to get this permission he must demonstrate that his own faith will not be in danger, and he (not his prospective spouse) must promise to do all in his power to baptize, raise and educate his children as Catholics.

Yes if the Catholic marries without following Church laws on marriage he enters willingly into an invalid marriage, and has willingly separated himself from the sacraments of the Church, and in the old fashioned phrase is “living in sin”, objectively speaking. If you know someone in that situation you don’t know their own personal spiritual condition so you cannot say they are in sin.

When to baptized persons enter into a valid marriage it is also sacramental because Christ is present in the marriage of baptized persons, as baptism is the gateway to all other sacraments.

When one baptized and one unbaptized person enter into a valid marriage it is not sacramental, because one person is not baptized, so cannot receive a sacrament (a sign instituted by Christ to give grace).

 

[Catholic1954]

Can a catholic & non-baptized person marry in the catholic church or do both have to at least be baptized? If they can then (if a catholic & a non-baptized person marry in the catholic church) are they still living in sin?

The Catholic Church would not marry anyone and then say that they are living in sin. Last night during the homily, our pastor mentioned that he has presided at a wedding the night before between a Catholic bride and a Hindu groom.

 

[Joe_Kelley]

So what is the difference between a valid & sacramental marriage? If the spouse were to become catholic in the future could it then become sacramental?

If the unbaptized spouse is baptized the marriage automatically becomes sacramental with no further action required.

I had a Jewish couple in RCIA a few years back. When they were baptized their valid, but non-sacramental Jewish marriage became sacramental. They wanted a ceremony; so we had a mass and renewal of their vows on their next marriage anniversay