Sacrament of Marriage

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I have some questions for those who are planning on marriage. What are some of the things that would turn you off for marriage towards a particular individual? What are some impediments that may cause a problem in the future? List the things that might end up causing an annulment.
Here is one example;
Your dating partner thinks it is ok to use marijuana on occasion or has a friend that does but your date doesn’t, or thinks it is just like medicine and thinks it should be or will be legalized someday.
 
In that link with the questions and replies. So it would be that link.
So the questions are coming from? I expect it is for arguement purposes. I see from your link that because marriage is a “contract” the impediment itself cannot dissolve it. This is correct?
 
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. . . because marriage is a “contract” the impediment itself cannot dissolve it. This is correct?
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The diriment impediments in the canons have nothing to do with the dissolution of marriage. Impediments and dissolution are quite different categories.

Impediments are obstacles in law that invalidate a marriage, that is, prevent it from being established as valid in the first place.

Some impediments arise from divine law and bind everyone. Canon 1084 §1, canon 1085 §1 and canon 1091 §1 arise from divine law. They cannot be dispensed from (relaxed). So they always invalidate marriage.

The other impediments are of ecclesiastical (church) law and bind Catholics. They can be dispensed or excepted from by the Church. If they are, they do not invalidate marriage. If they are not, they do invalidate marriage.

There is an additional impediment for Eastern Catholics that relates to the relation of someone who is baptized and the baptismal sponsor.

By contrast, a valid marriage can be dissolved or dispensed from under certain conditions: dissolution by the Pauline privilege, dissolution by privilege in favor of the faith (sometimes called the Petrine privilege), or dispensation from a non consummated marriage involving at least one baptized party. Only valid marriages can be dissolved, but not all. Consummated sacramental marriages cannot be dissolved.

However, the power to dissolve a valid marriage or dispense from it is external to the parties and belongs to the Church in some way.
 
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