Polygyny

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What about her, though, is she sinning? She is married to him only.
 
Sister_Amy said:
What about her, though, is she sinning? She is married to him only.
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It won’t happen. If the man is already married and seeks a second wife, the church will not allow him to marry another woman. If another woman becomes a concubine to a man who is already married, that woman is an adulteress, but the wife is not in sin for the sins of the husband and the concubine.
 
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What about her, though, is she sinning? She is married to him only.
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If she isn’t Catholic, then I don’t know. If she is though, then yes, she would be sinning if she knowingly married an already married man. Of course, if he lied to her and she didn’t know about the first wife, then she hasn’t sinned. ONce she finds out about the first wife though she needs to leave the man so that she isn’t committing adultery.
 
If a woman is Catholic does she have to marry a Catholic husband? What about vice versa?
 
Sister_Amy said:
If a woman is Catholic does she have to marry a Catholic husband? What about vice versa?
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It’s much easier if both spouses are Catholic, but it’s no longer a requirement. We’re still encouraged to seek a spouse who is of our faith though.
 
What if “the first wife” isn’t Catholic… which wife is the true wife and which one is the adulterous one?
 
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It’s much easier if both spouses are Catholic, but it’s no longer a requirement. We’re still encouraged to seek a spouse who is of our faith though.
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Both spouses have to agree to bring up the children as Catholics, also.
 
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What if “the first wife” isn’t Catholic… which wife is the true wife and which one is the adulterous one?
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A Catholic would not be allowed to become a second wife, she would not be married to a man who already had a wife, whether that first wife were Catholic or not.
 
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What if “the first wife” isn’t Catholic… which wife is the true wife and which one is the adulterous one?
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The first wife, unless he can get the marriage annulled. An annulment is only granted if there was some underlying reason why the man couldn’t make an informed decision when he married the first wife. I guess an example would be if she lied about something that he needed to know.

I should point out that in America if a man takes a second wife, he can be charged with a crime.
 
BeeSweet said:
A Catholic would not be allowed to become a second wife, she would not be married to a man who already had a wife, whether that first wife were Catholic or not.
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I wonder if Sister Amy is thinking of a civil ceremony and not a religious one? :confused:

If a man marries a second wife then he won’t be able to take communion because he will be considered as having committed adultery.
 
deb1 said:
I wonder if Sister Amy is thinking of a civil ceremony and not a religious one? :confused:

If a man marries a second wife then he won’t be able to take communion because he will be considered as having committed adultery.
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I’m only answering from a religious standpoint, what the church will allow.

Civilly, it won’t be long before I can marry two husbands, my girlfriend, my cats and my dog… 😉 just kidding…
 
I’m not Catholic, but I was just wondering about the Catholic perspective (from various angles!).

Thanks everyone for answering my questions. 🙂
 
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I’m not Catholic, but I was just wondering about the Catholic perspective (from various angles!).

Thanks everyone for answering my questions. 🙂
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Sister Amy, in Islam is a woman allowed to have more than one husband at the same time?
 
Um no, in Islam a man can have more than one wife if he can support everyone but a woman cannot take another husband. And naturally… if she had a baby, it would be hard to know whose it was! So lineage would not be protected, the child wouldn’t know who his father was.

(By the way, I do actually support polygyny in Islam, although many Muslim women do not.)

I was just interested in what Catholics think about it and why.

If a person commits adultery why can’t he take communion… and what does that mean?
 
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Um no, in Islam a man can have more than one wife if he can support everyone but a woman cannot take another husband. And naturally… if she had a baby, it would be hard to know whose it was! So lineage would not be protected, the child wouldn’t know who his father was.

(By the way, I do actually support polygyny in Islam, although many Muslim women do not.)

I was just interested in what Catholics think about it and why.

If a person commits adultery why can’t he take communion… and what does that mean?
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We’re obliged to abstain from Holy Eucharist when we are in a state of sin. Not until we repent, confess and have our sins absolved by a priest are we allowed to accept Jesus in the sacrament of the Holy Eucharist.
 
BeeSweet said:
We’re obliged to abstain from Holy Eucharist when we are in a state of sin. Not until we repent, confess and have our sins absolved by a priest are we allowed to accept Jesus in the sacrament of the Holy Eucharist.
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Sorry, I meant to say: repent, confess, have our sins absolved by a priest, AND perform the prescribed penance the priest gives us.
 
Why is not sincere repentance enough?

If the priest gives you a certain penance and then you don’t finish it so you don’t take communion wouldn’t everyone then know that you’re in some sort of sin and look down on you or gossip about you?

What happens if you have committed a sin and you die before you can confess to a priest and do the penance?
 
Sister_Amy said:
Why is not sincere repentance enough?

If the priest gives you a certain penance and then you don’t finish it so you don’t take communion wouldn’t everyone then know that you’re in some sort of sin and look down on you or gossip about you?

What happens if you have committed a sin and you die before you can confess to a priest and do the penance?
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Any penance I have gotten has always been private. Unless you tell others there is no reason that they would know what your penance was. For example, I was instructed to pray for my mom as a penance(reasons are private:blush: )
 
Well what if a person’s penance was to give a certain amount in charity or fast a day or something, and on Sunday they hadn’t done it yet–they couldn’t take communion, right?
 
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