What is needed for a marriage to be valid?

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1ke said:
Well, that depends upon who the parties are, whether or not they are Catholic, and whether or not they have any impediments.
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What is needed between two Catholics? If you want to type more, what’s needed between a Catholic an a non-Catholic?
 
Two Catholics = both free to marry, married according to proper form aka “in the Church”, both of age and freely consent,

One Catholic + one non-Catholic = all of the above and permission to marry a non-Catholic
 
From the USCCB:
  1. What is the difference between a valid and an invalid Catholic marriage?
Just as individual states have certain requirements for civil marriage (e.g., a marriage license, blood tests), the Catholic Church also has requirements before Catholics can be considered validly married in the eyes of the Church. A valid Catholic marriage results from four elements: (1) the spouses are free to marry; (2) they freely exchange their consent; (3) in consenting to marry, they have the intention to marry for life, to be faithful to one another and be open to children; and (4) their consent is given in the presence of two witnesses and before a properly authorized Church minister. Exceptions to the last requirement must be approved by church authority.
  1. If a Catholic wants to marry a non-Catholic, how can they assure that the marriage is recognized by the Church?
In addition to meeting the criteria for a valid Catholic marriage (see question #3),** the Catholic must seek permission from the local bishop to marry a non-Catholic.** If the person is a non-Catholic Christian, this permission is called a “permission to enter into a mixed marriage.” If the person is a non-Christian, the permission is called a “dispensation from disparity of cult.” Those helping to prepare the couple for marriage can assist with the permission process.
 
ajpirc said:
What is needed between two Catholics?
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They would approach their priest and attend the diocesan required premarital preparation (this process varies by diocese as to what it entailed).

They would complete a premarital investigation questionnaire with the priest which includes gathing of paperwork such as baptismal records and determination of freedom to marry, impediments, etc.

They would marry in the Catholic form:

Can. 1108 §1. Only those marriages are valid which are contracted before the local ordinary, pastor, or a priest or deacon delegated by either of them, who assist, and before two witnesses according to the rules expressed in the following canons and without prejudice to the exceptions mentioned in cann. ⇒ 144, ⇒ 1112, §1, ⇒ 1116, and ⇒ 1127, §§1-2.
ajpirc said:
If you want to type more, what’s needed between a Catholic an a non-Catholic?
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In addition to the above, the Catholic must apply for and recieve permission for a mixed marriage (if the other person is a baptized non-Catholic) or a dispensation from disparity of cult (if the other party is unbaptized). The priest handling the marriage preparation does this.

Additionally the Catholic will make promises regarding the rearing of the children in the Catholic faith.

Can. 1124 Without express permission of the competent authority, a marriage is prohibited between two baptized persons of whom one is baptized in the Catholic Church or received into it after baptism and has not defected from it by a formal act and the other of whom is enrolled in a Church or ecclesial community not in full communion with the Catholic Church.

Can. 1125 The local ordinary can grant a permission of this kind if there is a just and reasonable cause. He is not to grant it unless the following conditions have been fulfilled:

1/ the Catholic party is to declare that he or she is prepared to remove dangers of defecting from the faith and is to make a sincere promise to do all in his or her power so that all offspring are baptized and brought up in the Catholic Church;

2/ the other party is to be informed at an appropriate time about the promises which the Catholic party is to make, in such a way that it is certain that he or she is truly aware of the promise and obligation of the Catholic party;

3/ both parties are to be instructed about the purposes and essential properties of marriage which neither of the contracting parties is to exclude.

Can. 1086 §1. A marriage between two persons, one of whom has been baptized in the Catholic Church or received into it and has not defected from it by a formal act and the other of whom is not baptized, is invalid.

§2. A person is not to be dispensed from this impediment unless the conditions mentioned in cann. ⇒ 1125 and ⇒ 1126 have been fulfilled.

And lastly, in a mixed marriage or disparity of cult marriage, the Catholic can be dispensed from Catholic form if they had a valid reason for marrying in the non-Catholic’s place of worship.

Can. 1117 The form established above must be observed if at least one of the parties contracting marriage was baptized in the Catholic Church or received into it …] without prejudice to the prescripts of ⇒ can. 1127, §2.

Can. 1118 §1. A marriage between Catholics or between a Catholic party and a non-Catholic baptized party is to be celebrated in a parish church. It can be celebrated in another church or oratory with the permission of the local ordinary or pastor.

§2. The local ordinary can permit a marriage to be celebrated in another suitable place.

§3. A marriage between a Catholic party and a non-baptized party can be celebrated in a church or in another suitable place.
 
Corki said:
Two Catholics = both free to marry, married according to proper form aka “in the Church”, both of age and freely consent,

One Catholic + one non-Catholic = all of the above and permission to marry a non-Catholic
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Plus, for both, the intent that it is for life; that they will be faithful; that they will have children if God wills it.
 
+Below is a portion of the Catholic Code of Canon Law re marriage . . .

. . . :coffeeread: . . .
TITLE VII: MARRIAGE (Cann. 1055 - 1162)

**Can. 1055 §1 **The marriage covenant, by which a man and a woman establish between themselves a partnership of their whole life, and which of its own very nature is ordered to the well-being of the spouses and to the procreation and upbringing of children, has, between the baptised, been raised by **Christ the Lord **to the dignity of a sacrament.

§2 Consequently, a valid marriage contract cannot exist between baptised persons without its being by that very fact a sacrament.

Can. 1056 The essential properties of marriage are unity and indissolubility; in Christian marriage they acquire a distinctive firmness by reason of the sacrament.

Can. 1057 §1 A marriage is brought into being by the lawfully manifested consent of persons who are legally capable. This consent cannot be supplied by any human power.

§2 Matrimonial consent is an act of will by which a man and a woman by an irrevocable covenant mutually give and accept one another for the purpose of establishing a marriage.

**Can. 1058 **All can contract marriage who are not prohibited by law.

**Can. 1059 **The marriage of catholics, even if only one party is baptised, is governed not only by divine law but also by canon law, without prejudice to the competence of the civil authority in respect of the merely civil effects of the marriage.

Can. 1060 Marriage enjoys the favour of law. Consequently, in doubt the validity of a marriage must be upheld until the contrary is proven.

Can. 1061 §1 A valid marriage between baptised persons is said to be merely ratified, if it is not consummated; ratified and consummated, if the spouses have in a human manner engaged together in a conjugal act in itself apt for the generation of offspring. To this act marriage is by its nature ordered and by it the spouses become one flesh.

**§2 **If the spouses have lived together after the celebration of their marriage, consummation is presumed until the contrary is proven.

§3 An invalid marriage is said to be putative if it has been celebrated in good faith by at least one party. It ceases to be such when both parties become certain of its nullity.

Can. 1062 §1 A promise of marriage, whether unilateral or bilateral, called an engagement, is governed by the particular law which the Episcopal Conference has enacted, after consideration of such customs and civil laws as may exist.

§2 No right of action to request the celebration of marriage arises from a promise of marriage, but there does arise an action for such reparation of damages as may be due.

:compcoff: Link: intratext.com/IXT/ENG0017/_P3U.HTM​

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