Under Old Canon Law

[Sean_O_L]

Puzzleannie,

Thanks. At age 71, I suffer at times from the “Rose joke” syndrome:

Two elderly couples were strolling down the street, with the women - long-time friends - walking a little ahead of their husbands.

As the men chatted, one of them brought up the subject of a new restaurant, where he and his wife had enjoyed a superb dinner.

“Sounds good,” responded his friend. “What’s the name of the restaurant?”

“Oh,” came the answer, "I have such a hard time remembering things like that.

“But let’s see,” he continued. "Well, let me think for a minute. . .

"Oh! You know that flower that has long stems, and thorns?

What’s it called?"

“You mean a rose?”

“Yes! Thanks! That’s it!”

And calling ahead to where the women were walking, he asked, “Say, Rose, what’s the name of that new restaurant we went to?”

 

[Catholic2003]

axolotl:

This pertains to Church Law as it existed in 1967.

If a divorced Protestant (who wasn’t married in the Catholic Church) wanted to marry a Catholic, would he need his first marriage anulled?

The Catholic Church has (universally) recognized the validity of marriages between two Protestants outside the Church since the 1907/1908 decree Ne Temere, and the validity of marriages between a Protestant and an unbaptized person outside the Church since the 1917 Code of Canon Law. However, prior to 1970, Protestants could not petition for an annulment without special permission of the Holy See.