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To: SeekAndFind

It used to be that if you were divorced, remarried, you could receive communion, if you agreed to live with your second spouse as ‘brother and sister’.


5 posted on 10/23/2013 2:03:37 PM PDT by donmeaker (The lessons of Weimar will soon be repeated.)
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To: donmeaker
It used to be that if you were divorced, remarried, you could receive communion, if you agreed to live with your second spouse as ‘brother and sister’.

That's true right now. 'Josephite Marriage'

However, it's not just agreed, it's a demonstrated commitment.

7 posted on 10/23/2013 2:10:35 PM PDT by steve86 (Some things aren't really true but you wouldn't be half surprised if they were.)
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"It used to be that if you were divorced, remarried, you could receive communion, if you agreed to live with your second spouse as ‘brother and sister’."

That is still the case. What the Church objects to, based on the teachings of Christ, is adultery, i.e. having sexual relations with someone other than your (first) spouse. So no adultery = no problem.

32 posted on 10/23/2013 2:44:31 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o (In partibus infidelium.)
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