That sounds crankier than it is meant. I mean the message, but please ignore the crabbiness . . .
nothing happens to your status. your baby is a Lutheran. Is that what you want for her? if so, why? (this question assumes you are Catholic and wish to remain Catholic, and recall the promise you made when you married to raise your child Catholic). It has to be pretty serious to make you want to break that solemn promise.
Did you not discuss this **before **you were wed?
This is very serious. Your obligation is to raise your children in the Catholic faith. From Canon Law:
Actually, it can have canonical ramifications:
Every Catholic agrees to do everything reasonably possible to have their children Baptized and raised in the Catholic Faith before being permitted to Marry a non-Catholic. If you just agree to allow this without any attempt to prevent a Lutheran Baptism. Then you have failed to meet your promised obligation.
Br. Mark,
Perhaps I’m unclear what this intends to say or the perspective from which it arises but it appears to need clarification.
Your prior post implied that it doesn’t matter whether she baptizes her child in the Catholic Church or the Lutheran church.
Conditional baptism is absolutely done when the validity of the baptism is uncertain. Baptism (there is no such thing as “rebaptism”) is definitely done when a person was originally “baptized” in a non-trinitarian denomination or religion (such as Mormon, Oneness Pentecostal, etc).
This is in no way applicable to the original post, which is about the baptism of the OP’s child. She absolutely is obligated to baptize her children in the Catholic church and raise those children Catholic.
This was the situation of a (former) Catholic friend of mine. What happened was that his priest denied his participation in all roles that require a “Catholic in good standing”, i.e., lector, EMHC, godparent. As a result, this friend is no longer Catholic.
The ones I posted in my first post. But, to recap:
And, what exactly is your position? Is it your position that a Catholic can or should baptize their child in the Luthern community and raise them as a Lutheran?
I am not disputing the validity of non-Catholic baptism.
Well, he broke the promises he made when he married, to baptize and raise his children in the Catholic church. This would seem to indicate that he lied in order to marry in the church or that he doesn’t value a promise made to the church or that he doesn’t value his Catholic faith enough to carry out his promise. And it casts strong doubt on his intention to raise his children in the faith. This would indicate that he isn’t a ‘Catholic in good standing’.