[Free Friday] During an operation, a marries man dies on the operating table. After several minutes, doctors revive him. Are his wedding vows still in effect? Why or why not?
Edit: married, not marries.
Posted Apr 12, 2019, 11:13 AM UTC
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So per the responses, does that mean (Game of Thrones spoilers) >!Jon Snow's vows to the Night's Watch are still binding!<?
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That would be the best George RR Martin twist yet. Jon and Danny defeat the Night King and win the Iron Throne together, but Danny is forced to execute him after their victory for abandoning the Watch.
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I honestly expected Cersei to pull that crap when they met. Something to give her leverage or an excuse to be outraged and leave without helping
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A catholic shouldn't watch Game of Thrones
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Its the little nuts and bolts questions like this that make me love Catholic theology on Divine Law and Church Law.
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If he responds with previous knowledge of life then the vows stands.
If he says wasn’t me. Exorcist 911.
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Until death refers to a state of being not an occurrence. IOW you only have one life no matter how many times you die and are revived. Unless you start over counting your birthdays and your age, then all bets are off.
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He was never pronounced dead, therefore not legally dead. Vows are still in effect.
If someone's heart stops during surgery, there will be massive efforts to get it going again.
Edit: What, downvote because you don't know that cardiac arrest that is reversed with interventions = has not been legally deceased?
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Ooooooh, what if it's surgery that requires bypass ("heart-lung machine")? The patient's heart is deliberately stopped after the bypass circuits are connected, then re-started after the main part of the operation.
Is that patient no longer married?
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He wouldn't really have been dead, at least by the Catholic definition, would he? If the doctors revived him that means his soul wasn't ever seperated from his body and so he is still married.