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Daniel Wigton | 6 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 They shouldn't have to redo marriages. The priest is the officiant but not the minister of the sacrament. The couple themselves administer it, having a priest present at all is merely a current discipline of the church to prevent abuse.
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Laeserin | 6 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 The priest only presides, yes. You redo marriages because the ministers were not following the correct form or were in the wrong state, or simply to issue a certificate when it had been lost in a fire, or something.
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Michael J | 6 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 I think they tried to validly give the sacraments and all as much as possible, but at some point they couldn't get everyone, and so you trust it to God's mercy.  He is not bound by the sacraments, after all.