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Can one divorce after being married in the Church?
The Catholic Church does not recognize divorce. If one obtains a civil divorce the Catholic Church considers the couple as only separated. If a divorced Catholic remarries without an annulment that person is guilty of adultery and may no longer receive the sacraments.
If your father is Catholic are you considered Catholic by the Catholic Church?
To be considered Catholic by the Church, you must be baptized in the Catholic Church, or else properly baptized in another church and formally received into the Catholic Church by a priest. Being born to Catholic parents isn't enough. You can be the Pope's nephew, but if you haven't been baptized, you are not Catholic.
Is St Mark's Church of Christ a Catholic church?
Catholic churches almost never use the label "Church of Christ," even though that is what they are. They avoid using this term only so as to avoid being confused with other denominations and communities of that or similar name already in existence, such as Churches of Christ; Independent Churches of Christ; International Churches of Christ; United Churches of Christ; United Churches of Christ, Congregational; Churches of Christ, Scientist; and Church of Christ, Instrumental. Catholic churces almost always have the word Catholic in their name.
What was it called when the Catholic church officially separated from the Catholic church?
This is called a schism the most famous being the Great Schism.
Why do catholics believe that only individuals baptized and confirmed in the catholic church are saved and all others damned?
Because Jesus Christ established the Catholic Church as necessary for salvation. If someone rejects the Catholic Church, they are rejecting the salvation that comes from Jesus Christ. However, if someone is invincibly ignorant of Christ and His Church as necessary for salvation, then they are not really rejecting the Catholic Church. Therefore, they could be (in one sense) "in" the Catholic Church without even knowing it. If people in this situation cooperate with whatever grace they have, it is possible that they could go to heaven without being formally in the Catholic Church. However, those who are saved in this manner are still saved by Jesus Christ through His Catholic Church, because they are "in" the Catholic Church by desire, having never rejected it and having tried to follow God to the best of their ability.
Does a Catholic have to marry in the presence of a priest or deacon?
Yes, if married in a Catholic ceremony to be valid in the Catholic Church. However, if proper papers are filled out and non Catholic party agrees to vows of catholic party and catholic requirements about raising children, permanent marriage, etc., then Catholic may be married in protestant church without priest being present. Contact a priest for further details
Does the Catholic Church recognize marriages that take place outside of the church?
Yes, the Catholic Church recognizes marriages that take place outside of the church as long as they meet certain criteria, such as being between a man and a woman, being freely entered into, and not being prohibited by church law.
What Catholic mean?
dont know- something to do with the church! It doesn't necessarily have anything to do with the church. It means "all-embracing". Having a catholic taste in music means you like all music. Some people have a catholic taste in wine, women and song without being in the least religious.
Is there salvation out side the Catholic church?
Yes, definitely. The Catholic Church teaches that wherever there is goodness then there is the potential of being saved, regardless of religion.
How is the western Church similar to Catholic Church?
.Catholic AnswerThey are similar in being pretty much the same thing, except that the Catholic Church also includes the Eastern Rites. The Western or Latin Rite is the largest and dominant Rite in the Church.
What is the difference between romaan Catholic and Catholic?
Well, "catholic" spelled with a lower-case "c", is a word meaning, "all-inclusive". It is not necessarily a religious word, at all. Roman Catholic is a Christian religion, and the word, "Catholic" is a religious word meaning, "all-inclusive" or "available to all". There are 2 Catholic churches. The church in Roman-held areas was a rival to the church in areas of what is now Turkey. The head of that church was in Byzantium. Eventually, the 2 church group broke apart, one being called the Roman Catholic church, and the other being called the Byzantine Catholic church. The Byzantine Catholic church is today better know as the Greek Orthodox church and Russian Orthodox church. Thus church follows the old, old practices that the Roman Catholic church has abandoned or altered over the years.
Can an Anglican take communion in a Maronite church?
.Catholic AnswerOf course not, an Anglican is a protestant, a Catholic Church is Catholic. An Anglican may receive Holy Communion in a Catholic Church after completing RCIA classes and being brought into the Church at the Easter Vigil, but if they wish to remain an Anglican, they are, by that very fact, proclaiming that they are not in communion with the Catholic Church, so to receive Holy Communion in a Catholic Church would be a lie and dangerous to their spiritual well-being. Aside from all that, Catholics to not "take" Holy Communion, they "receive" Holy Communion.
