Disparity of Cult

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• Disparity of Worship — or disparity of cult (Disparitas Cultus) is a diriment impediment in Roman Catholic canon law: a reason why a marriage can not be validly contracted without a dispensation, stemming from one person being certainly baptized, and the other… …   Wikipedia

• Cult, Disparity of — • A diriment impediment introduced by the Church to safeguard the sanctity of the Sacrament of Marriage Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006 …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Catholic marriage — Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate. (Gospel of Matthew 19:6) Matrimony, The Seven Sacraments, Rogier van der Weyden, ca. 1445. Catholic marriage, also called matrimony, is a covenant by which a man and a woman establish… …   Wikipedia

• Canonical impediment — In the Canon Law of the Catholic Church, a canonical impediment is a legal obstacle that prevents a sacrament from being performed validly and/or licitly. The term is used most frequently in relationship to the sacraments of Marriage and Holy… …   Wikipedia

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