Curious about my former marriage

[Calliope]

Thank you. I didn’t understand the difference between dispensation and permission.

 

[Calliope]

Thank you for all this information. We had plenty of witnesses, and have no idea why they had people in the church office sign rather than the witnesses at the wedding.

There’s no doubt about the witness part.

Thanks for clearing up the other issue.

 

[Phemie]

Was requiring permission rather than a dispensation for a mixed-marriage also the case under the 1917 Code of Canon Law?

 

[acanonlawyer]

Was requiring permission rather than a dispensation for a mixed-marriage also the case under the 1917 Code of Canon Law?

The terminology used for this, up until 1983, was “dispensation” of what was called an “impeding impediment” (of mixed religion). This kind of impediment was not invalidating.

Dan

 

[Phemie]

Phemie:

Was requiring permission rather than a dispensation for a mixed-marriage also the case under the 1917 Code of Canon Law?

The terminology used for this, up until 1983, was “dispensation” of what was called an “impeding impediment” (of mixed religion). This kind of impediment was not invalidating.

Dan

Thank you, I had wondered because at the time I got married my pastor told me he had to get a dispensation from the bishop when I married a member of the United Church of Canada.