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To: redgolum
But the standard is still is still that the marriage is not officially "valid" until consummation.

It's "valid" but not "indissoluble", unless it's known beforehand that consummation is impossible.

157 posted on 12/11/2006 11:11:06 AM PST by Campion ("I am so tired of you, liberal church in America" -- Mother Angelica, 1993)
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To: Campion
Is that the Catholic Canon view? Interesting, in that I have heard it differently. But it wasn't something we honestly spent much time on in the pre Cana classes.
160 posted on 12/11/2006 11:17:35 AM PST by redgolum ("God is dead" -- Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" -- God.)
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