thread: Recognition of Marriage within the Catholic Church?

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  1. #1
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    Nov 2009
    Scottish expat living in Geelong
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    As I understand it, the catholic church will recognise a marriage as long as a catholic priest conducts the ceremony. I have been told that my marriage, for example, will not be recognised because I had a Church of Scotland minister do the ceremony, and if I decided to worship again as a catholic I would need my marriage re-blessed.

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    Aug 2006
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    Traveller, that's kinda true...there is some sort of reciprocal rights that goes on, where the RCs recognise some of the sacraments conducted in certain other christian churches - not sure which ones, and probably depends on the differences in the the core teachings, etc.