Is a marriage valid so long it uses the Trinitarian formula?

[pjcsisabel]

I know that if you are married in a civil ceremony, of course that’s not recognized by the Church and you are still unmarried in the eyes of the Church and of God. Say, for example that you get married in the Church of England which uses the Trinitarian formula, is your marriage considered to be valid?

I know when it comes to baptism, if someone is in a state of life and death, any baptized Christian may baptize him using the Trinitarian formula if no priest is immediately available. That’s why I’m wondering if this somehow applies to marriage.

 

[1ke]

I know that if you are married in a civil ceremony, of course that’s not recognized by the Church and you are still unmarried in the eyes of the Church and of God.

Not exactly.

Non-Catholics, Christian or otherwise, marry validly when they marry civilly.

Catholics are bound by canon law, which requires them to marry before a priest (deacon or layperson designated by the Church) and two witnesses. A Catholic can be dispensed from form when marrying a non-Catholics and can marry validly in a civil ceremony in that case.

Say, for example that you get married in the Church of England which uses the Trinitarian formula, is your marriage considered to be valid?

A Catholic marries validly only when they marry according to canon law. They can be dispensed from canon law to marry a non-Catholic in their own ecclesial community or civilly.

The Trinitarian formula has nothing to do with it. The exchange of consent makes marriage. There is no trinitarian formula in the exchange of consent.

I know when it comes to baptism, if someone is in a state of life and death, any baptized Christian may baptize him using the Trinitarian formula if no priest is immediately available.

Yes, this is the case. The form for valid baptism is given in the Gospel by Christ himself.

That’s why I’m wondering if this somehow applies to marriage.

No.