Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!wuarchive!sdd.hp.com!mips!dimacs.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: conan@wish-bone.berkeley.edu (David Cruz-Uribe) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: The Laws of the Old and New Covenants Message-ID: Date: 2 Apr 91 08:26:40 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: U.C. Berkeley Math. Department. Lines: 24 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In article hall@vice.ico.tek.com (Hal Lillywhite) writes: >I believe the moderator is correct as far as the U.S. goes. >However, this does not apply to all countries. When I was a >missionary in Peru (over 25 years ago, can I really be that old?) >the Peruvian government did not recognize church weddings. The >custom among the people was to have 2 weddings, one in the church >and one before the government authorities. Most Catholics I talked >to regarded the church wedding as the important one and many of the >poor people skipped the legal ceremony entirely since it was rather >costly from their point of view. I don't know if this was an >official Catholic position or if it was just the belief among the >people. > I believe that this is the official Catholic position. While I am not conversant with the exact details of canon law, I do know that friends of mine who had a civil wedding later had it "blessed" in an official church ceremony--and only after this ceremony was their wedding recorded on their baptismal records. Yours in Christ, David Cruz-Uribe, SFO