Catholic Recognition of Marriages?

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If you’re Catholic, you’re not really married in the eyes of God unless you’ve been married in the Catholic church-nor is anyone else for that matter.
I was brought up to believe that the Catholic church did recognized marriages from other denominations. What is the church’s stand on civil marriages? I know that one can not receive the sacraments, but does the church recognize the “union” as a married couple?
 
If you’re Catholic, you’re not really married in the eyes of God unless you’ve been married in the Catholic church-nor is anyone else for that matter.
I was brought up to believe that the Catholic church did recognized marriages from other denominations. What is the church’s stand on civil marriages? I know that one can not receive the sacraments, but does the church recognize the “union” as a married couple?
 
AquinaSavio said:
Quite true…the CCC says that two people must be married in the Church for it to be a valid marriage. The millions of people who have been civally “married,” are basically living in adultery (though perhaps they don’t know it).
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I believe that applies only to Catholics. Non Catholics are presumed to be validly married until the contrary has been demonstrated. To the best of my knowledge, their marriage is not considered sacramental.
 
AquinaSavio said:
Quite true…the CCC says that two people must be married in the Church for it to be a valid marriage.
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Catholics are obliged to follow the Church laws concerning marriage. However, sometimes a dispensation for various conditions can be obtained.

For a non-Catholic Christian or non-Christian, they are not obliged to get married in a Catholic Church for a true marriage.
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Non Catholics are presumed to be validly married until the contrary has been demonstrated. To the best of my knowledge, their marriage is not considered sacramental.
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The marriage between two non-Catholic baptized Christians is sacramental.
 
Pug said:
The marriage between two non-Catholic baptized Christians is sacramental.
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That’s because the man and woman themselves are the ministers of the Sacrament of Matrimony.

The matter of this sacrament is the consent of the man and the woman, expressed externally by words and signs.

The form of this sacrament is the man and woman conferring the sacrament upon each other as witnessed by the Church.

Because the Sacrament and the contract are identical, and because the matter and form are contained in the contract, the priest (or deacon) is not the minister of this sacrament. He is the Church’s official representative, and the chief witness of the sacrament.
 
Pug said:
Catholics are obliged to follow the Church laws concerning marriage.

For a non-Catholic Christian or non-Christian, they are not obliged to get married in a Catholic Church for a true marriage.

The marriage between two non-Catholic baptized Christians is sacramental.
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I think that’s how it goes. Only Catholics have to follow the Church rule concerning marriage.
 
Jonah said:
If you’re Catholic, you’re not really married in the eyes of God unless you’ve been married in the Catholic church-nor is anyone else for that matter.
I was brought up to believe that the Catholic church did recognized marriages from other denominations. What is the church’s stand on civil marriages? I know that one can not receive the sacraments, but does the church recognize the “union” as a married couple?
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“In the Church” means according to the Laws of the Catholic Church in regard to Marriage.

Catholic Law only applies to Catholics.

Any two Baptized non-Catholic Christians who are validly Married according to Divine law are also Sacramentally Married.
 
Thanks to all for straightening out my misunderstanding on the sacramental character of non-Catholic marriages. :tiphat:
 
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