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> As a result, he wrote, in those parishes, “for any number of years all Masses were invalid and therefore the intentions for which those Masses were offered we
by foogazi 3y ago
> As a result, he wrote, in those parishes, “for any number of years all Masses were invalid and therefore the intentions for which those Masses were offered were not satisfied
What about all the weddings?
How can a lay person know if the Mass they are attending “counts” ?
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- alexmolas 3y agoYou don't need a Mass to get married. Actually it's a different sacrament, and the only things you need are the two spouses and a qualified witness (aka the Priest)
- anon291 3y agoYou don't need a priest for a wedding. In the Latin rite, a couple marries themselves. In the medieval times, the church allowed couples to marry in secret without a priest (and without any witnesses). The only sacramental requirement for a marriage is a man and woman make a solemn commitment to live together as husband and wife with full understanding and full freedom to enter into the agreement. However as you can imagine this became an administrative nightmare as couples sought to divorce after such a secret marriage and no one could say whether the marriage was valid. So the church required marriage vows to be made public and in front of witnesses in order to be legal. However, the couple is the minister not the priest. During a Catholic marriage, the couple is seated on the sanctuary along with the priest . One of the few times laypeople can do that.