I respect your religious beliefs (and any other religious beliefs practiced here.) I hope you received my messages about the annulment as curious and neither upset nor disrespectful.
Originally Posted by Scott
So, if your marriage ended, it could not have been a marriage by that definition - at least that's how I think of it.
This message is what sparked my curiosity! If the marriage is wiped away the kids would become illegitimate and sex would become premarital. It's a quirk. Like the Mormon's founder being a polygamist but polygamy now being banned in that church.
Originally Posted by Canon Law 1061
An invalid marriage is called putative if at least one party celebrated it in good faith
Originally Posted by Canon Law 1137
The children conceived or born of a valid or putative marriage are legitimate.
The Catholic Canon law on annulments is interesting--it doesn't seem to completely wipe away the religious marriage in your case, they downgrade it from "valid" to "invalid, putative" to still afford some protections to you, your XW, and your children vs. wiping it out.
