If Catholic sacraments are visible forms of God's grace, why do you pay the church to have one annulled?
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Hmm, good question.\n\nI seem to recall a passage in the Bible about Jesus throwing moneychangers and salesmen out of the temple... apparently their presence in the house of God offended His son.\n\nThere does seem to be a conflict of interest present between the Catholic Church (RCC) and God's Word.  Then again, the RCC's leader, the pope, said that the Bible was something that the average person shouldn't worry too much about, and to just accept whatever the RCC said instead.  \n\nYeah.
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Sacraments ARE signs from Jesus that bring grace. (Did you mean to say "feel" instead of "fill?" "Feel" or "see" are more correct than "fill.")\n\n"Sacraments are outward signs of inward grace, instituted by Christ for our sanctification (Catechismus concil. Trident., n.4, ex S. Aug. "De Catechizandis"\n\nhttp://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13295a.htm
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This is a misunderstanding.  There is no charging for any masses.  The 'collection' during the Offertory part of the mass is entirely voluntary and the amount and choice is private and up to the individual to contribute or not.  The collection goes to the upkeep of the church and its activities.  Sometimes there's a second collection for charity services and it is normal for an announcement to be made regarding the purpose - this again is also entirely voluntary.
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Well you pretty much answered your own question..thoroughly I might add. That's a silly Catholic guilt mechanism designed to control people when a person who knows better wants to control them. I'd imagine that the people that dish out this nonsense rarely believe it, it simply gives them more control in other peoples lives. Good to see you see better than that :)
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b/c some churchs(and their ministers) are selfish and hoard their money.
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No. It is morally wrong to financially rape a grieving relative by over-charging for funeral services.\nCremation is sanitary, environmentally responsible, much, much cheaper, and if it's wrong morally, as you asked, what about all the saints who were burned at the stake by the Catholic church during the Inquisition because they disagreed with some of their doctrines? \nI think it's a great idea!
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It should be available to the same people you allow to marry (or baptize, or whatever religious ceremonies you provide in that line) in the church.  The best deal I saw when setting up my sister's wedding was the space provided, tea and coffee provided.  Guests supply the food.  No alcohol, rude pictures or items, appropriate music, etc..  Keep it inline with your church's beliefs.  If your god would frown on it; don't allow it.  If your god would smile on it; go for it!
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we have both at our parish and i know a few others that also have both.  it depends on the congregation and the pastor.  if there are enough people who want it and the preist knows it all they have to do is petition their archdiocese.  i don't think it'll go fully back though - it wasn't as encompassing as i believe the mass is presently.  we will often do the kyrie, agnus dei, etc.
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Well, in Catholicism, divorce is the inability on both parts to work out the marriage and is widely not accepted purely because both refuse to make the marriage work.  The annulment however, is a single person within the marriage had not intention from the beginning of the marriage to ever make the marriage work.  In Protestant churches, divorce is acceptable if it is because of unfaithfulness.  Annulment would then be the shared determination that the marriage will not work because of one's own personal beliefs and not the others.
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Annulment is a procedure of the Catholic church whereby a marriage is considered to have been "null" from the beginning because of some problem ... so from God's point of view, the marriage was not a true marriage when the vows were exchanged.  It looks from an examination of my search page as though the pages explaining the causes for annulment aren't available anymore(!)  This is too bad, as there are many causes, including fraud (somebody tells you they're rich before you marry them, then afterwards it turns out they aren't), mental incompetence (their vow is invalid 'cause they can't think straight), I think even not having been married in the Catholic church was a reason (I had copied it all out a few years back).  Apparently there are also civil annulments in some states.  Here's one webpage ...\nhttp://marriage.about.com/od/annulments/
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The Catechism of the Catholic Church section 1316 states, "Confirmation perfects Baptismal grace; it is the sacrament which gives the Holy Spirit in order to root us more deeply in the divine filiation, incorporate us more firmly into Christ, strengthen our bond with the Church, associate us more closely with her mission, and help us bear witness to the Christian faith in words accompanied by deeds." \n\nThis is Catholicism's take on the "Baptism in the Holy Spirit."\n\nWith love in Christ.
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No, it should not be removed. When you get married it's supposed to be until death, we have just made divorce to easy. And depending on your religion even divorce doesn't end the marriage in the Church's eyes.
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A divorce is the legal ending of a marriage in court, while an anullment is a judicial or ecclesiastical declaration that claims that the marriage never existed in the first place.\n\nThe grounds for annulment will vary from country to country, or in the US, from state to state. Take a look at the following url for more detail:
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The reason is that during the feudal era of europe, sons inherited their father's title and posessions.  Because of this, priests' sons were assuming their father's role as priest and laying claim to the land.  This meant there were priests who had no idea what they were doing, lacking the required education, and the church was losing its lands.\n\nBy forbidding marriage, they effectively forbade legitimate heirs to priests and thus ended the theft by inheritance.\n\nHowever, there is no reason Biblically for it, and actually reason that Bishops should be REQUIRED to be married (in the Bible, Bishops are required to be married with children and in good standing in the community to prove that they could manage the house of God).\n\nSince the feudal concept of inheritance no longer applies, there is nothing that prevents the Vatican from overturning the married requirement.  Some ministers of other faiths who are in close communion with the Roman Catholic Church who convert to the RCC are given special dispensation to practice as Roman Catholic Priests despite being married.
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I am not a priest but I am Catholic so I hope I can give you some help on this.  I was not Catholic when I married my Catholic husband.  I was christened as a child but I can't remember if they even asked for any documentation to prove that.  But we did have to meet with a priest to clear up issues about how any children would be raised, etc.  And, anyone getting married in the Catholic Church must attend pre-cana classes.  Also, I was not allowed, of course, to take communion during the ceremony.
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Typically they tend to be more expensive on the East Coast and in urban areas, and less expensive in the Midwest and South.\n\nMost commonly, there are the basic petition fees payable to the tribunal. This is what most people refer to when they talk about the cost of an annulment. In the U.S., most tribunals charge anywhere from $200 to $1,000 for adjudicating a standard nullity case. A few charge somewhat over $1,000, and several charge nothing at all. The fee for "documentary cases"-that is, cases eligible for the expedited process under canon 1686 (where, for example, a Catholic party violated canonical form when attempting to marry)-is usually much less, around $25.\n\nWhat is important to take from this is that horror stories about $20,000 annulments are myth. Conceivably, if one had filed in the most expensive tribunal, had used extensive medical and psychological testimony, and had appealed the case through various levels of ecclesiastical courts, including Rome, one could incur a bill of some thousands of dollars. But such cases are rare.\n\nIn cases of need you can petition for financial assistance.
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Because King Henry VIII wanted to get a marriage annulled, or get divorced (it amounts to the same thing) and the Pope refused.  Henry went ahead and dumped that queen and married another.  The Pope excommunicated him so he set up the Church of England