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  2. Marriage in the Catholic Church - Wikipedia

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    t. e. Marriage in the Catholic Church, also known as holy matrimony, is the "covenant by which a man and woman establish between themselves a partnership of the whole of life and which is ordered by its nature to the good of the spouses and the procreation and education of offspring", and which "has been raised by Christ the Lord to the dignity ...

  3. Clerical celibacy in the Catholic Church - Wikipedia

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    The Catholic Church considers the law of clerical celibacy to be not a doctrine, but a discipline. Exceptions are sometimes made, especially in the case of married male Lutheran, Anglican and other Protestant clergy who convert to the Catholic Church, [10] and the discipline could, in theory, be changed for all ordinations to the priesthood.

  4. Clerical celibacy - Wikipedia

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    In some Christian churches, such as the western and some eastern sections of the Catholic Church, priests and bishops must as a rule be unmarried men. In others, such as the Eastern Orthodox Church, the churches of Oriental Orthodoxy and some of the Eastern Catholic Churches, married men may be ordained as deacons or priests, but may not remarry if their wife dies, and celibacy is required ...

  5. Pre-Cana - Wikipedia

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    Approaches to Pre-Cana vary among Catholic dioceses and parishes.Often six-month sessions are led by a priest or deacon with support from a married Catholic couple. Online programs have emerged as an alternative to gathered events as parishes and dioceses cope with fewer resources, geographically expanding congregations and deployed military couples.

  6. Impediment (Catholic canon law) - Wikipedia

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    Canon law of theCatholic Church. In the canon law of the Catholic Church, an impediment is a legal obstacle that prevents a sacrament from being performed either validly or licitly or both. The term is used most frequently in relationship to the sacraments of Marriage and Holy Orders.

  7. Clerical marriage - Wikipedia

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    Clerical marriage. Married Eastern Orthodox priest from Jerusalem with his family (three generations), c. 1893. Clerical marriage is the practice of allowing Christian clergy (those who have already been ordained) to marry. This practice is distinct from allowing married persons to become clergy.

  8. Loss of clerical state - Wikipedia

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    e. In the canon law of the Catholic Church, the loss of clerical state (commonly referred to as laicization, dismissal, defrocking, and degradation) is the removal of a bishop, priest, or deacon from the status of being a member of the clergy. The term defrocking originated in the ritual removal of vestments as a penalty against clergy that was ...

  9. Clandestinity (Catholic canon law) - Wikipedia

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    Canon law of theCatholic Church. Clandestinity is a diriment impediment in the canon law of the Roman Catholic Church. It invalidates a marriage performed without the presence of three witnesses, one of whom must be a priest or a deacon.