Marriage outside the Church?

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How can you tell if your marriage is legal inside the church?
 
The way you have phrased your question makes it very difficult to answer. Could you try giving a few specifics? As it stands, we don’t have enough information to even think about giving an answer.
 
alexpayton said:
How can you tell if your marriage is legal inside the church?
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Really simple, contact your parish where you were Baptized, if the Marriage is recorded on your Sacramental record, it was at least assumed to be valid by the Church. If it is not recorded you can assume that it is not reconized by the Church.
 
Br.Rich_SFO said:
Really simple, contact your parish where you were Baptized, if the Marriage is recorded on your Sacramental record, it was at least assumed to be valid by the Church. If it is not recorded you can assume that it is not reconized by the Church.
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I can think of one occasion when that might not be so. A Catholic with a dispensation to marry in a Protestant Church is responsible for notifying his parish once the marriage has been celebrated. Then his parish would notify his baptismal parish if they aren’t one and the same. If he doesn’t, it’s may not be recorded but his marriage would still be valid.
 
Phemie said:
I can think of one occasion when that might not be so. A Catholic with a dispensation to marry in a Protestant Church is responsible for notifying his parish once the marriage has been celebrated. Then his parish would notify his baptismal parish if they aren’t one and the same. If he doesn’t, it’s may not be recorded but his marriage would still be valid.
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I didn’t say it wasn’t valid. I said it wasn’t recognized by the Church.
 
alexpayton said:
How can you tell if your marriage is legal inside the church?
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I would say to explain it to your Priest and see what he has to say. That will help you out more and give you even more peace of mind than anything anybody could tell you on here. I love it on here but its no replacement for speaking with the Father 😃
 
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