Getting baptised in an Anglican church

[lemminaid]

about 4 years ago i started believing in Christianity after a whole childhood and teen years of atheism. I recently started attending the local Anglo-Catholic church near my house and i also started the meetings and prep to get baptised. But i am wondering if it would be a sin to get baptised in this church? I consider myself Catholic (i know im not officially one yet) and a traditionalist one at that. This church is definitely anglo-catholic (they are basically Catholic except in name). I know they are not truly in communion with Rome and they are, technically, Protestant. is it wrong or sinful to get baptised in this church? should i stop going and start going to a Catholic church? i cannot receive the Eucharist or anything at the moment because Im not baptised or confirmed. i plan on going through RCIA when i leave home in a few months time for university.

 

[PJH_74]

No Rome recognizes most main line Protestant baptisms as valid.

 

[1ke]

they are basically Catholic except in name

No they are “basically Catholic” except in fact. In other words, they are not Catholic because they are not in union with Rome.

s it wrong or sinful to get baptised in this church? should i stop going and start going to a Catholic church?

When you are baptized into a church or ecclesial community you are both baptized into the Body of Christ and as a member of that ecclesial community.

I’m not sure why you wish to be baptized into a non-Catholic community when you plan to start RCIA. I think you should talk to the Catholic pastor or RCIA director locally.

You aren’t baptized, and no it wouldn’t be a “sin” but it is confusing, and you would still need to go to RCIA to become a Catholic. So I’m not understanding why you would approach the Anglo Catholic church for baptism.
You’d have to take instruction there too, so it’s not making sense to me.