excommunication

[Vico]

This document you quote does not support your position. This document is on mixed marriage not divorce.

I did not have a position in that post. In the post I show only some changes to the 1917 canon law that could be considered.

Why did Beverly consider herself excommunicated?

Since divorce is not grounds for excommunication, either Beverly did not understand, or there is a different cause.

 

[Allegra]

I did not have a position in that post. In the post I show only some changes to the 1917 canon law that could be considered.

Why did Beverly consider herself excommunicated?

Since divorce is not grounds for excommunication, either Beverly did not understand, or there is a different cause.

Some misguided person could have told her that. I have a coworker that was told that she was excommunicated and could never return to the Catholic church because she had stopped going in college and missing Mass was an unforgivable sin. She staunchly believes this, even though many people have told her that she can still go back to Mass and she can recieve communion if she goes to confession.

 

[Vico]

Some misguided person could have told her that. I have a coworker that was told that she was excommunicated and could never return to the Catholic church because she had stopped going in college and missing Mass was an unforgivable sin. She staunchly believes this, even though many people have told her that she can still go back to Mass and she can recieve communion if she goes to confession.

It seems likely. Also, even when excommunicated, she should still attend Sunday and Holy Days!

 

[gh4]

I did not have a position in that post. In the post I show only some changes to the 1917 canon law that could be considered.

Why did Beverly consider herself excommunicated?

Since divorce is not grounds for excommunication, either Beverly did not understand, or there is a different cause.

I don’t know how old you are, but some one she respected probably told her that, back in the 50’s, women tended to listen to men and not question them often. For all I know it was her X, it was a long messy divorce. . I was just a small child, I just remember all the angst I witnessed, and if I witnessed some of it, there would have been a lot more that a small child wouldn’t have been privy to.

She’s been gone for a very long time, and I still miss her, she was a great lady.

 

[Vico]

I don’t know how old you are, but some one she respected probably told her that, back in the 50’s, women tended to listen to men and not question them often. For all I know it was her X, it was a long messy divorce. . I was just a small child, I just remember all the angst I witnessed, and if I witnessed some of it, there would have been a lot more that a small child wouldn’t have been privy to.

She’s been gone for a very long time, and I still miss her, she was a great lady.

I am sorry to hear you lost a friend.

I remember I Love Lucy ('51-'57), Dragnet ('51-'59) Lassie ('54-'73), Leave it to Beaver ('57-'63), The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis ('59-'63). That attitude was common, and can be seen in those series too.

I was first catechised using the Baltimore Catechism. Back then the Baltimore Catechism series was used which was relatively easy to understand. Number 3 did teach about excommunication with regard to marriage. But I know I did not understand the details about the 1917 canon law, and wonder if my parents did either. (Married for 56 years till my father died.)

 

[Allegra]

I did not have a position in that post. In the post I show only some changes to the 1917 canon law that could be considered.

Why did Beverly consider herself excommunicated?

Since divorce is not grounds for excommunication, either Beverly did not understand, or there is a different cause.

Another possibility is the confusion people often have regarding the difference between getting divorced legally and being remarried. There are alot of people even today running around spouting that they used to be Catholic but can’t recieve communion anymore just because they got divorced. The truth is that they can’t recieve communion because they got married to someone outside of the Church without having gotten their first marriage annulled. However, people hear them say that, believe it, and spread it around.

 

[Vico]

Another possibility is the confusion people often have regarding the difference between getting divorced legally and being remarried. There are alot of people even today running around spouting that they used to be Catholic but can’t recieve communion anymore just because they got divorced. The truth is that they can’t recieve communion because they got married to someone outside of the Church without having gotten their first marriage annulled. However, people hear them say that, believe it, and spread it around.

That is an excellent comment.

 

[Allegra]

That is an excellent comment.

Thank you. I do what I can.

 

[chinamoon]

I have been excommunicated… Keep feeling like I need to go to confession and talk to a priest but I get as far as the cathedral door and turn around again and leave …