Hypothetical Question on Interfaith Marriagei in a CC

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Can a Catholic marry a Non-Catholic Christian in a Catholic church?

I’ve read through the forums where Catholics have married Protestants and that you have to state that you would baptize your children and raise them the Catholic way. I’m curious if the ceremony can be held inside a Catholic Church.
 
You would need to get a dispensation from your diocese to marry which includes promosing to raise the children Catholic.
 
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Can a Catholic marry a Non-Catholic Christian in a Catholic church?

I’ve read through the forums where Catholics have married Protestants and that you have to state that you would baptize your children and raise them the Catholic way. I’m curious if the ceremony can be held inside a Catholic Church.
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A Catholic can obtain the permission of their Bishop to Marry a non-Catholic. The Wedding should take place in a Catholic Church but not within a Mass. After the pre-marriage preparation the non-catholic is asked if they understand the Catholic view of Marriage and the obligations of the Catholic. They are informed that they are expected not to interfere in the obligations of the Catholic, including the Baptism and raising of any children in the Catholic faith.
 
But would the Catholic party receive a valid sacrament (marriage)?
 
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But would the Catholic party receive a valid sacrament (marriage)?
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It is a sacrament as long as the persons are both baptised. So theoretically one could marry a Christian who has not accepted baptism. That would not be sacramental. Also marrying a non-Christian, say a pagan or Muslim, would not be sacramental.

You need a dispensation for either, though.
 
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You need a dispensation for either, though.
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However they are not the same. I think it is a permission to marry one who is baptized but not Catholic and a *dispensation *to marry one who is not baptized. The latter is looked at a bit more closely.
 
Okay, thanks for all the information.

I was asking this question because I was told that in order for a Catholic to marry a Non-Catholic Christian in a Catholic Church, the Non-Catholic Christian would have to do confirmation and communion, but I found that hard to believe since, that would be forcing the Non-Cath to do join the Catholic church.

I know people who have done so, even though they continued going to their Protestant churces. I find that to be wrong of people to just do the sacraments to marry a Catholic. They are lying to themselves, God and the Catholic is aiding that other person into sin.

Just my opinion. I could be wrong.

Also, I’m dating a non-Catholic as well. 2 years dating on March 9th. She is somewhat iffy about switching to the Catholic faith but respects the Catholic church and respects my wishes to marry in a Catholic church (and raise my little ones Catholic). I also want to see my options if we ever do take it one step higher and decide to marry. For i will not marry unless it is in a Catholic Church. She was baptized a Catholic if that helps any. But goes to a bible church now.
 
I don’t know how much she knows about the Catholic Church but some sort of an introduction to what you believe and why might be helpful.

The Inquirers section of RCIA is good for this if it is run properly. It should be for information only with no commitment to proceed to joining the Church.

If not that, then the book Catholicism for Dummies has some good introductory material.
 
I am married to a portestant and we married in the catholic church. we could have even had a full mass if that was my wish. I didn’t because him not being able to recieve communion would have ben uncomfortable for him and a representation of one of our differences. also, a lot of our friends and family are not catholic and that would have been auckward for them. at our preperation, the priest ascked my husband questions about his faith and made sure he had been baptiezed. I had to sign a form saying that our children would be raised in the church and the priest asked my husband if he was okay with that. I hope this helsp some.
 
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It is a sacrament as long as the persons are both baptised. So theoretically one could marry a Christian who has not accepted baptism. That would not be sacramental. Also marrying a non-Christian, say a pagan or Muslim, would not be sacramental.

You need a dispensation for either, though.
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But if one has not been Baptized then they are not a Christian. For it is through Baptism that we become members of the Mystical Body of Christ the Church.
 
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