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Anne Van Tilburg
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Hi Mike,
When two baptized Catholics marry in the
Catholic Church it is a sacramental marriage.
These are my questions:
- Is it sacramental by virtue of the sacrament of marriage,
or do they also need to celebrate their marriage within the
Mass to make it a sacramental marriage?
- Also, when is a marriage not sacramental even though it takes place in a Catholic Church?
- Could you also tell me if St. Paul was a Roman citizen?
The reason
I ask is because he was a Jew and a Pharisee before his conversion.
Anne
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What makes a sacramental marriage, sacramental, and was St. Paul a Roman citizen? }
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John replied:
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Hi Anne,
Question 1:
A Mass is not necessary for a marriage to be sacramental.
The couple are the ministers of sacraments therefore
what is necessary is the proper intention and knowledge
of what a sacramental marriage is.
Question 3:
St Paul was indeed a Roman citizen by birth although
he was also a Jew by nationality. He was from Tarsus and
he inherited his Roman citizenship from his father who
either attained it by purchasing it or it was granted to
him.
Rome had a policy of extending citizenship to those
who occupied the lands she conquered.
John
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Eric replied:
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Hi Anne,
Questions 1. and 2.:
- It is not sacramental when it is between a non-baptized person and a Catholic.
- It doesn't even have to be within a Catholic church
(Mass or not) to be sacramental (presuming you have a
dispensation from the bishop to marry in some other place).
Eric
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