Marriage, Divorce and Nullity : A Guide to the Annulment Process in the Catholic Church

by Robinson, Geoffrey

• ISBN13: 9780814614297
• ISBN10: 0814614299
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-08-01
• Publisher: Liturgical Pr

Summary

For Catholics who face the reality of marriage breakdown, for separated or divorced Catholics who wish to remarry-and for those who counsel them-the circumstances leading to annulment are of paramount importance. Here, in clear and uncomplicated language, Bishop Robinson explains God's plan for marriage and the criteria the Church follows in granting a decree of nullity.

Author Biography

Geoffrey Robinson served as head of the Church tribunal of the State of New South Wales, Australia, from 1971 to 1983 and as President of the Canon Law Society of Australia and New Zealand from 1976 to 1983. Ordained a bishop in 1984, he has served since then as Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney

Table of Contents

Foreword	7	(4)
Preface	11	(4)
God's Plan for Marriage	15	(16)
Creation	16	(9)
Redemption	25	(6)
Internal Forces in Marriage Breakdown	31	(28)
Love and Reality	31	(27)
Happiness Is a Serious Business	58	(1)
External Forces in Marriage Breakdown	59	(12)
The Nuclear Family	59	(2)
Alienation	61	(1)
The Rebellion of the 1960s	62	(3)
Effects on Marriage	65	(3)
Our Need for Each Other	68	(3)
Learning to Live Again After a Marriage Breakdown	71	(12)
Bereavement	71	(2)
Learning to Live Again	73	(4)
Children	77	(2)
Learning Through Separation and Divorce	79	(1)
Remarriage	80	(3)
As Long as We Both Shall Live	83	(10)
The Teaching of Jesus	83	(3)
Beliefs and Laws	86	(1)
The Greater Good?	87	(2)
Guilt and Innocence	89	(1)
Separation, Divorce, Remarriage	90	(3)
Weddings that Are Not Marriages	93	(12)
Every Wedding Is Public	93	(2)
Decrees of Nullity	95	(1)
Catholic Objections	96	(1)
Church Laws on Marriage	97	(1)
Impediments	98	(2)
Form	100	(1)
Consent	101	(4)
Approaching a Tribunal	105	(18)
Questions Asked by Applicants	106	(16)
Stages of the Procedure	122	(1)
Footnotes	123