Is the marriage valid

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A reform Jew and a catholic were married in a wedding hall. The marriage ceremony was performed by a rabbi and a retired catholic priest. Is the marriage valid in the catholic faith?
 
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A reform Jew and a catholic were married in a wedding hall. The marriage ceremony was performed by a rabbi and a retired catholic priest. Is the marriage valid in the catholic faith?
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ONLY if the catholic had recieved dispensation from his bishop. If not then no, it is not valid in the catholic church and is technically concubinage.
newadvent.org/cathen/04207a.htm
 
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A reform Jew and a catholic were married in a wedding hall. The marriage ceremony was performed by a rabbi and a retired catholic priest. Is the marriage valid in the catholic faith?
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That depends on primarily one thing. 1. Was a Dispensation requested and granted by the Catholic’s Bishop to Marry an un-Baptized person? By Canon Law any Marriage between a Catholic and an un-Baptized person is invalid. Unless a Bishop dispenses with this Canon.
 
Also, in case you don’t get it via the PM:

A priest should never perform such a marriage without a dispensation

In all reality a retired priest, who even though still has valid orders, no longer has facilities under a bishop to perform weddings and therefore should not be involved.

Unless of course a dispensation has been granted.
 
I thought the two would be married, but their marriage would not be sacramental, and would not have the Church’s blessing.

I did read about this in sort of thing in another thread as I recall.

Let me ask, if the Catholic wanted out of the marriage would he/she need an annulment. Assume no dispensation was granted.
 
I thought the two would be married, but their marriage would not be sacramental, and would not have the Church’s blessing.
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The couple would be civilly married, but the Church would not recognize it; If it is not valid, it doesn’t count as far as the church is concerned. Especially since this involves a catholic. Now if it were a lutheran and a jew, or a baptist and a JW, the church would consider that a valid marriage, but not sacramental, but since this scenario involves a catholic, the marriage would not be valid in the eyes of the church.
Let me ask, if the Catholic wanted out of the marriage would he/she need an annulment. Assume no dispensation was granted.
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First off we need to understand, an annullment DOES NOT DISSOLVE A MARRIAGE. If one is validly married, no man can destroy it. An Annullment is a determination that the marriage never existed.

With that in mind, if the couple were to divorce, the catholic individual should get an anullment… The “marriage” would most likely be found to be invalid and nullified under “Lack of Form”
 
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I thought the two would be married, but their marriage would not be sacramental, and would not have the Church’s blessing.

I did read about this in sort of thing in another thread as I recall.

Let me ask, if the Catholic wanted out of the marriage would he/she need an annulment. Assume no dispensation was granted.
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An Annulment in the form of a judgment of Defect of Canonical Form.
 
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An Annulment in the form of a judgment of Defect of Canonical Form.
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This may have been answered or addressed–so forgive me if it has been! If two non Catholics marry at a wedding chapel–I am almost certain it was not Christian, then was there a valid marriage? Thank you.
 
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This may have been answered or addressed–so forgive me if it has been! If two non Catholics marry at a wedding chapel–I am almost certain it was not Christian, then was there a valid marriage? Thank you.
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That would depend on the Marriage laws of the respective non-Catholic Communities that they belong to. If both belong to Christian Communities that have no restriction on where or by who the Marriage is conducted or witnessed and both are free to Marry. (no prior marriages or universal impediments) Then that Marriage could be a valid and accepted Marriage. And if both are validly Baptized Christians, a Sacramental Marriage.
 
I left out some of the story. My friend is a Catholic, never has been married. She has met a man who is a Lutheran. He was married before to a woman who did not want a"church" wedding so they were married at a wedding chapel. My friend is trying to discern what steps need to be taken so that she can marry this man in the Catholic church.

Thank you
 
Margaret S:
I left out some of the story. My friend is a Catholic, never has been married. She has met a man who is a Lutheran. He was married before to a woman who did not want a"church" wedding so they were married at a wedding chapel. My friend is trying to discern what steps need to be taken so that she can marry this man in the Catholic church.

Thank you
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I don’t know the rules of other denominations. Can a Lutheran marry validly in a ceremony in a wedding chapel? I don’t know. However since he wants to marry a Catholic the Catholic Church will want to look at his prior marriages to determine if he is free to marry or not.

The best advice for her is to make sure she does nothing until the Church has ruled on the prior marriages.
 
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