Monday, April 3, 2017
Youcat commented through CCC – Question n. 267 - Part II.
(Youcat
answer - repeated) Church approval must be obtained for the wedding. This is
because a so-called “mixed” (that is, interdenominational) marriage requires
from both partners a special fidelity to Christ, so that the scandal of
Christian division, which has still not been remedied, does not continue in miniature
and perhaps even lead to giving up the practice of the faith.
A deepening through CCC
(CCC 1636)
Through ecumenical dialogue Christian communities in many regions have been
able to put into effect a common pastoral
practice for mixed marriages. Its task is to help such couples live out
their particular situation in the light of faith, overcome the tensions between
the couple's obligations to each other and towards their ecclesial communities,
and encourage the flowering of what is common to them in faith and respect for
what separates them.
Reflecting and meditating
(CCC Comment)
(CCC 1635)
According to the law in force in the Latin Church, a mixed marriage needs for
liceity the express permission of
ecclesiastical authority (Cf. CIC, can. 1124). In case of disparity of cult an express dispensation from this
impediment is required for the validity of the marriage (Cf. CIC, can. 1086).
This permission or dispensation presupposes that both parties know and do not
exclude the essential ends and properties of marriage; and furthermore that the
Catholic party confirms the obligations, which have been made known to the
non-Catholic party, of preserving his or her own faith and ensuring the baptism
and education of the children in the Catholic Church (cf. CIC, can. 1125).
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