Marriage and Baptists

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Are marriages between say Southern Baptists valid in the eyes of God?

If they had children and they converted to the Catholic Faith would the children be legitimate?

Would they have to be remarried in the Catholic Church?
 
If there are no impediments to a valid marriage (previous marriage, close kinship,etc.) two Baptists validly marry whether in a religious or civil ceremony. If both are baptized they are then in a sacramental marriage. They do not need to remarry in the Catholic Church if they convert and, yes, their children are legitimate.
 
h1478971 said:
Are marriages between say Southern Baptists valid in the eyes of God?
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Yes and if both spouses are validly baptised the marriage would be sacramental as well as valid.
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If they had children and they converted to the Catholic Faith would the children be legitimate?
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The children would be legitimate even if they did not convert to Catholicism. The Church does not make children illegitimate under any circumstances.
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Would they have to be remarried in the Catholic Church?
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Solely on the basis that they had married as Southern Baptists: no!
 
The Catholic Code of Canon Law clearly states that a valid marriage between two **baptized **people is considered to be sacramental . . . whether they are Catholic or not.

Prerequisite to becoming a member of the Southern Baptist church individuals must be baptized . . . and the required . . . :bible1: **Biblical Trinitarian Formula **. . . baptizing them in . . . “the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost” is used . . . so . . . most certainly . . . such a marriage is considered valid and holy in the eyes of the Catholic Church . . .

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§1. The matrimonial covenant, by which a man and a woman establish between themselves a partnership of the whole of life and which is ordered by its nature to the good of the spouses and the procreation and education of offspring, has been raised by Christ the Lord to the dignity of a sacrament between the baptized.

§2. For this reason, a valid matrimonial contract cannot exist between the baptized without it being by that fact a sacrament.​
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1ke said:
The Church does have canons that distinguish between legitimate and illegitimate children:

vatican.va/archive/ENG1104/__P43.HTM
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The point I was making, may be not well expressed, is that being legitimate or illegitimate makes no practical difference any more. For example, one who was illegitimate was prevented by the 1917 Code from being raised to the cardinalate. There are no such restrictions now.
 
I had a Jewish couple come through RCIA. Their Jewish marriage was valid and became sacramental when they were baptized.
 
Phemie said:
If there are no impediments to a valid marriage (previous marriage, close kinship,etc.) two Baptists validly marry whether in a religious or civil ceremony. If both are baptized they are then in a sacramental marriage. They do not need to remarry in the Catholic Church if they convert and, yes, their children are legitimate.
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This. Phemie is an excellent source for this sort of question!
 
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