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When married by a judge Is the Catholic Church recognizes this and does a priest have to do it twice?

I was recently married in court and a friend said that as a Catholic, I am considered married in the Catholic church and still have to pass before a priest for my marriage recognized by the Catholic Church. also my husband is not Catholic.

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8 comments for “When married by a judge Is the Catholic Church recognizes this and does a priest have to do it twice?”


  1. Mommy_to says:

    NOT receive communion until you have your marriage validated!
      If you are Catholic, they were obliged to marry according to thelaws of the Church, and was not-so who are living in fornication.
      Take the two certificates of baptism and marriage certificate with a priest SOON. He will help you get it running. It is relatively easy, it will take for marriage preparation.
      Furthermore, it is necessary to make a sacramental confession at the time of validation before you can receive the Eucharist.

  2. Yesugi says:

    Only a Catholic sacrament makes you married.

  3. DEBBIE G says:

    That's right. I thought too. We had to marry in the church with the priest to marry in the eyes of God.

  4. dragonfi says:

    a religious marriage is as legal as the judge in any case a marriage license was pulled and completely by the judge or priest and then mailed to the county recorders office by what is legal

  5. Daver says:

    Your friend is correct. He is married in the eyes of the political law, but not in the eyes of the law of God.
      If you want your union to be consecrated by the Church, and you must marry in a Catholic church.
      The fact of his other half is not a Catholic should not be an obstacle to marry in a Catholic church.
      You'll have to talk to a priest of the parish in which you want to marry. He can fill in the details that relate to your situation.

  6. industen says:

    You friend is exactly right. You are legally married but not married in the eyes of the Catholic faith. You must be married by a priest to marry in the eyes of the church - does not care if her husband is not Catholic, and still carry out the ceremony even though they are legally married. You will have to "pre-Cana" though - that is, you have to go through some classes of the Catholic church which directs helps prepare you for the trappings of marriage. This used to be used to see if they were meant for each other, but these days, is more than one class. Just make sure you have discussed what to do - how to handle money, sex, children, and such.

  7. sloe_eye says:

    Catholics are obliged to follow the canonical form of marriage validly (cf. Canon 1108 of the Code of Canon Law). Unless a waiver is granted, a marriage of a Catholic place out of shape is presumed to be valid.
      However, you may request that the marriage validated. You need to meet their local Catholic priest to discuss your situation and try to regularize their status in the Catholic Church.

  8. dale says:

    For me. married by the judge is more powerful and legal than church. Although the church is more sacred and formal. In law, the wedding judge recognized that the church wedding.



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