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bayoubutterfly
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a person is baptized Catholic, but became agnostic/atheist. Are they considered a non-believer in a marriage? Would Pauline Privilege be applicable?
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12Mary12
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Excellent question but I don’t know the answer.
I once belonged to a support group for separated and divorced Catholics, and 99% of the people in the group struggled with the morality of divorce, tried to find answers in the Bible, etc. It is a very tough time in life. And even more difficult if you are not the one initiating the divorce.
I would suggest you contact your Diocese for the answer from the Annullment Tribunal - their job is not to counsel a person thru a tough time, but they can give you concrete answers rather than my opinion.
I once belonged to a support group for separated and divorced Catholics, and 99% of the people in the group struggled with the morality of divorce, tried to find answers in the Bible, etc. It is a very tough time in life. And even more difficult if you are not the one initiating the divorce.
I would suggest you contact your Diocese for the answer from the Annullment Tribunal - their job is not to counsel a person thru a tough time, but they can give you concrete answers rather than my opinion.
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Mirdath
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Hi, I’m in the exact situation you’re referring to – baptized and confirmed Catholic, then kaboom, agnostic.
According to the Church, I must file a formal act of defection with my bishop in order to ‘leave’ the Church Militant; however, given that I am an apostate, I do not hold that the Church has any kind of authority, whether it be legal, moral, spiritual, or whatever, over me – and so I have not done so, and have no plans to.
Unless I do file such paperwork, I am apparently considered Catholic – or at least I’m on all the mailing lists you can think of. Since I have not formally defected, the Church considers me merely ‘lapsed’; no matter what I think, and I suppose I, or others in my situation, would not count as unbelievers as far as it is concerned as regards marriage or any other sacrament – the only thing standing between me and a return to the Church (as far as it is concerned) is ten minutes in the confessional and a few Hail Marys.
If you’re engaged to someone who has left the faith in the same manner as I did, I wish you all the best and hope that however you marry it is to your mutual satisfaction
According to the Church, I must file a formal act of defection with my bishop in order to ‘leave’ the Church Militant; however, given that I am an apostate, I do not hold that the Church has any kind of authority, whether it be legal, moral, spiritual, or whatever, over me – and so I have not done so, and have no plans to.
Unless I do file such paperwork, I am apparently considered Catholic – or at least I’m on all the mailing lists you can think of. Since I have not formally defected, the Church considers me merely ‘lapsed’; no matter what I think, and I suppose I, or others in my situation, would not count as unbelievers as far as it is concerned as regards marriage or any other sacrament – the only thing standing between me and a return to the Church (as far as it is concerned) is ten minutes in the confessional and a few Hail Marys.
If you’re engaged to someone who has left the faith in the same manner as I did, I wish you all the best and hope that however you marry it is to your mutual satisfaction
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