tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807826652341078989.post7225553344326897568..comments2023-11-24T06:43:02.286+00:00Comments on Aspicientes in Jesum: Defining marriagePastor in Montehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05949810648656544072noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807826652341078989.post-42226091311621697302012-02-27T21:08:37.008+00:002012-02-27T21:08:37.008+00:00Since what the state registers as 'marriage...Since what the state registers as 'marriage' is already far removed from what the Church understands, and is likely to be more so in the future, and further, that it is often financially beneficial for a couple NOT to be registered as 'married' by the state, I suggest that the link should be broken completely. The Church should offer Sacramental Marriage to couples, who can decide whether or not to be registered by the state. Of course, the Church would then have to issue its own marriage certificates for ecclesiastical purposes. Clare UAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807826652341078989.post-5106881426190523592012-02-23T11:57:22.443+00:002012-02-23T11:57:22.443+00:00Did someone die and appoint James Preece a Bishop?...Did someone die and appoint James Preece a Bishop? If the best we can do is to look to a heretic like Preece for qords of guidance we really are in trouble!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807826652341078989.post-65305570989776298372012-02-22T21:15:33.972+00:002012-02-22T21:15:33.972+00:00Check out Dr. Sanity, a doctor, on a link on my bl...Check out Dr. Sanity, a doctor, on a link on my blog today. She has a great insight into the failure of the liberals on the point of marriage. http://supertradmum-etheldredasplace.blogspot.com/2012/02/so-marriage-is-important-for-society.htmlSupertradmumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07829935047036023159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807826652341078989.post-61026635435830984892012-02-22T13:19:40.341+00:002012-02-22T13:19:40.341+00:00You have a big and important point about Register ...You have a big and important point about Register Office marriages. If civil law is changed to equate these with non-matrimonial liaisons, then the Church will have to reconsider her acceptance of their validity (for non-Catholics - she already holds them invalid for Catholics). As elsewhere, Catholics wanting to marry will then have to undergo two ceremonies. The benefit of having our church ceremonies recognised by the state would be lost, but how can the Church even seem to recognise as matrimony liaisons which cannot by any stretch of the imagination be so deemed. The blanket refusal to recognise any civil ceremony as of itself establishing a truly matrimonial bond ought also to simplify tribunal procedures. A canonist would need to comment on that. Clarity will be needed, so the Church would need to choose a date when the presumptions change.Fr William R Youngnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807826652341078989.post-43373609550903827882012-02-22T12:37:54.671+00:002012-02-22T12:37:54.671+00:00Does this definition of a true marriage, with whic...Does this definition of a true marriage, with which I agree, mean that other marriages, supposedly Catholic, would qualify for a Church annulment? This could be important to at least one party.Marthahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08429803574298101511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807826652341078989.post-11657042436249473192012-02-22T12:36:46.346+00:002012-02-22T12:36:46.346+00:00A sad state of affairs indeed. I am pleased to say...A sad state of affairs indeed. I am pleased to say that I have already signed that petition.<br /><br /> I have noticed more and more that the press are gradually making 'gay marriage' seem like the norm. Only a short while ago the word 'marriage' was always enclosed in inverted commas when referring to same sex 'marriage.' However today for the first time I see in the Daily Mail that one columnist refers to someone's forthcoming nuptials and states that 'he is to marry his boyfriend' and 'They'll marry in New York' - no inverted commas round the word 'marry' at all this time. A subtle way to make gay 'marriage' acceptable perhaps?pelerinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807826652341078989.post-82371803396850098002012-02-22T12:33:08.650+00:002012-02-22T12:33:08.650+00:00Does this definition of a real, genuine marriage,...Does this definition of a real, genuine marriage, mean that when a modern, incomplete, so called marriage breaks down, the couple can receive a Church annulment? There could be cases where this would be important, at least to one party.Marthahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08429803574298101511noreply@blogger.com