I'm Catholic and my wife is Born Again Christian, how should we baptize our first born?

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No. I produced the same thing of the case of necessity. You want to argue who decides it. Pony up.
 
jvickers said:
No. I produced the same thing of the case of necessity. You want to argue who decides it. Pony up.
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Your inability to produce a defensible reply would indicate the discussion is over.

Floor is yours.
 
You just do not like that I used the same CCC reference and pointed out verbiage you chose to ignore.

You’re right. This discussion is over.
 
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disagree or not, in the hypothesis that they had act upon this scenario, raising a child as a born again is normal and coherent (unless the born again parent convert himself to catholicism). Because they already made this choice.

Oh but if you agree on this scenario but change born again by catholic (I guess you agree!) it is that you are not logical yourself.

To finish, it is not your choice, and unless you want to break this family, your opposition change nothing.
 
Anicette said:
If you are married in the Catholic Church, the Children should be baptized in the Catholic Church. And then raised as a Catholic.
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If it’s a valid Catholic marriage (regardless where the service took place), then the OP has already promised to do everything he can to ensure his children are baptized Catholic.
If you are married in a born again Church, then it should be born again baptism.
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I would think that a Catholic parent would wish their child to be baptized Catholic, just as the OP has indicated, regardless.
 
Vonsalza said:
In this situation, 99.9% of the importance is attached to the kids simply being baptized - I don’t care where and by whom.
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You might not care… but the Church does.
00.1% of the importance is making sure that it is performed with the desired Catholic paperwork. And I think assigning 00.1% importance is very, very generous.
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‘Paperwork’ is only part of it. It should be performed by the Church’s minister. It should be done according to the rite. The child should be known to be a member of a parish.
Vonsalza said:
No it isn’t. When I did Catholic RCIA as an adult, I wrote down when and where my baptism was done and if it was done using a Trinitarian formula. That was it. No biggie.
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Apples and oranges. You’re recommending Catholic baptism to the OP, and you’re comparing it to your non-Catholic Christian baptism. (In your RCIA class, they should have asked you for documentation of your baptism. If there were none, then they should have asked for something in writing. Just because they did it haphazardly, doesn’t prove your case here. 😉 )
Vonsalza said:
Sure. I just didn’t think you’d actually need it. Here we go;

So can dad baptize his kid if wifey doesn’t want to do it in the RCC? Is the baptism valid?

Yep and Yep.
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What is the ‘necessity’ you’re attempting to assert, then? The father, on his own, could walk into a church and ask for his child to be baptized. No need for the mother to be there. No necessity to do it at home, then. 😉
 
I think that anywhere you get baptized, they will give you a copy of the baptismal certificate. Just make sure you keep track of it. I had mine from 70 years previously from a Presbyterian church, and it was accepted by the Catholic church.
 
Baptise him as an infant and preferably Catholic. My parents didn’t baptise me or my brother despite them both being baptised as infants themselves. They wanted to let us decide. I chose it at age 17 and my brother never did. My folks didn’t know any better and I just am thankful I made it to an age where could do it. They were playing dice with our souls and never knew it. I still worry about my bro he’s 50 doesn’t believe and not baptised
 
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I realise how scary I have made that sound but I believe that’s something that you need to do as soon as possible in life. I am blessed to remember my baptism but it welcomes your child into the family of God early on and that’s the best start for him
 
otjm said:
Should the father do it himself
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ABSOLUTELY NOT - take the baby to an ordained Catholic priest like everyone else. Do not do something new or unusual.

I do not want to cause others to stumble by explaining why. All I can say is MANY THINGS happen at baptism. Doing quick ‘in the name of’ baptism is for emergencies only. Some cary some holy water in the car for that purpose. But that alone doesnt stand:

The Mormons follow the ‘Trinitarian formula’, but their Baptisms are INVALID because their understanding of God is too far removed from Orthodoxy. I would say the same for every ‘Biblical Christian’.
 
SuscipeMeDomine said:
Should he also wait and allow his child to decide if he wants to be vaccinated against preventable diseases? And wait until his child can decide whether or not he wants an education?
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I realize many people take this stance but, honestly, vaccinations and education (while important) are hardly the same thing as a life-long spiritual binding of the soul for someone who has no say in the matter. To suggest it is, is intellectually dishonest.

Many people, myself included, believe it is an immoral thing to do. I realize this is CAF, so I wouldn’t expect anyone else here to feel that way. I just think we should be “real” when we make comparisons about things like health care and education vs. binding of the soul to a religion.
 
I agree as a cradle Catholic.

While my mom and grandparents had my best interest at heart, I wish they had let me choose my own religion. Had I got to choose my own religion I would have not been Catholic.
 
Meh, if you dont believe in Catholicism, then the baptism is a meaningless ceremony. Kind of reminds me of the Mormons posthumously baptizing Anne Frank.
 
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