Paragraph 1629

1629. For this reason (or for other reasons that render the marriage null and void) the Church, after an examination of the situation by the competent ecclesiastical tribunal, can declare the nullity of a marriage, i.e., that the marriage never existed.130 In this case the contracting parties are free to marry, provided the natural obligations of a previous union are discharged.131


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99. In what sense is Mary “ever Virgin”?

94. What is the meaning of the expression “conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit…”?


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