I'm Catholic, she's 7th Day Adventist. Can it work out?

[CarolsDaughter]

I think a Catholic in the modern church can marry a nonCatholic, if the person is baptized. If they are not baptized, its called disparity of cult.Not sure if its allowed in such a case, but now that I think of it, I have a Catholic friend whose husband is Jewish. They were married by both a priest and a rabbi. So maybe it is allowed now.

Correct me if I’m wrong, but the nonCatholic does not promise anymore to raise the children Catholic, it is the CATHOLIC partner that has to promise to try to raise the children Catholic.

The OP could always marry the SDA girl outside the church, and if the marriage lasts, go for the sanatio in radice.

 

[Unitas]

The OP could always marry the SDA girl outside the church, and if the marriage lasts, go for the sanatio in radice.

If a baptized Catholic gets married outside the Church (Also without a priest or deacon as a Catholic witness) then it is invalid.

Invalid marriages, especially the Catholic being culpable, are occaisions for the sin of adultery. Consumating such a marriage is adultery.

And there is no “if the marriage lasts”, marriage is not a test-drive, and it’s an offense to the sacrament and to God to view it as such.

Correct me if I’m wrong, but the nonCatholic does not promise anymore to raise the children Catholic, it is the CATHOLIC partner that has to promise to try to raise the children Catholic.

There will still need marriage classes if they want a valid marriage in the Church. Both must agree to rais the children Catholic. There is no promise to try, only a promise to do.

 

[CarolsDaughter]

If a baptized Catholic gets married outside the Church (Also without a priest or deacon as a Catholic witness) then it is invalid.

Invalid marriages, especially the Catholic being culpable, are occaisions for the sin of adultery. Consumating such a marriage is adultery.

And there is no “if the marriage lasts”, marriage is not a test-drive, and it’s an offense to the sacrament and to God to view it as such.

Are you saying you don’t accept what your church allows, the sanatio in radice of an invalid marriage?

 

[Unitas]

Are you saying you don’t accept what your church allows, the sanatio in radice of an invalid marriage?

Are you saying the sin of adultery is acceptable according to what our Church teaches by telling a Catholic to get married outside the Church?

 

[CarolsDaughter]

Are you saying the sin of adultery is acceptable according to what our Church teaches by telling a Catholic to get married outside the Church?

I’m not Catholic, for one. I just happen to be very familiar with what the Catholic church teaches.

And I know that if a Catholic marries a (baptized) non-Catholic outside the church, and then decides later they want the marriage validated (by the church), a bishop can provide this with a legality called sanatio in radice, or “a healing at the root”. This means the church will retroactively recognize a previously invalid marriage as valid if certain conditions are fulfilled.

 

[Unitas]

I’m not Catholic, for one. I just happen to be very familiar with what the Catholic church teaches.

And I know that if a Catholic marries a (baptized) non-Catholic outside the church, and then decides later they want the marriage validated (by the church), a bishop can provide this with a legality called sanatio in radice, or “a healing at the root”. This means the church will retroactively recognize a previously invalid marriage as valid if certain conditions are fulfilled.

True, but you can’t condone willful and culpable entry into an invalid marriage then if “it works out” just have it blessed later. That’s taking advantage of the system and is dishonest. Not to mention willfully committing adultery. Marriage is not a plaything to experiment with.

It’s just as wrong to say “I an sin as much as I’d like, as long as I go to confession.”

 

[Cristiano]

I’m not Catholic, for one. I just happen to be very familiar with what the Catholic church teaches.

And I know that if a Catholic marries a (baptized) non-Catholic outside the church, and then decides later they want the marriage validated (by the church), a bishop can provide this with a legality called sanatio in radice, or “a healing at the root”. This means the church will retroactively recognize a previously invalid marriage as valid if certain conditions are fulfilled.

The fact that you are a Catholic or not does not matter once you claim good familiarity with the Church teachings. If you were very familiar with what the Church teaches you would know that one of the very first things that She teaches is that if you are not married in a valid manner, you are not married and you live in sin!

The sanatio in radice process is not guaranteed and automatic just because the individual wants to have the marriage validated. This process is an opportunity for a Catholic with the proper intent to be welcomed back into the wholeness of the Church. When an individual chooses to live in sin, he chooses to separate himself to God and consequently from the Church. You cannot just change your mind, you must also have a change of heart.