My fiancee has been married before. He is Catholic and she was Christian. I believe they got married in a hall, but not in a church. They were divorced legally.
This is my first marriage and I want to get married in a Catholic church.
Since he was married before and Catholics do not accept other marriages (other than Catholic) can we get married in the church?
Is there a religious difference between christians and Catholics???
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Deacon Bob
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Sep 8, 2005, 9:11 PM
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Re: [bbluzeum] can i get married in a catholic church??
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To answer your last question first. All Catholics are Christians but not all Christians are Catholic. We all believe that Jesus is our savior. Christians include all Catholics, all Protestant denominations, Non denominational Christian Churchs and depending on which Church one belongs to there can be significant differences or there could be minor differences, but as I said we all believe that Jesus is our savior.
Now to correct one assumption -- Catholics do recognize other Christian marriages. They do not recognize civil marriages. If their wedding was a Christian ceremony even if it was done in a hall and not a church he would need an annulment before you could be married in a Catholic church. I have heard of some churchs requiring an annulment even in the case of a prior civil marriage. I would talk with the Priest or Deacon you would like to officiate the wedding on what the reality is in your area. Deacon Bob Tousey
can i get married in a catholic church??
