Mixed religions marriage

[dingyboatman]

great posts, I guess my misconception was that the catholic church accepts mixed marriages easily, which having seen one of the articles referenced, I see now that it does at least rhetorically discourge it on the official level. still, I wish that the catholics I typically meet in ordinary life would better represent the lifestyle and authentic teaching of the catholic church. my misconception in this case was based on the experience of having dated a catholic woman and the advice I received from her catholic community on the issue of mixed marriage and from the catachism not having a strong tone of warning against it. I still think it is a sin on some level to enter into a mixed marriage knowing the spiritual liabiliy.

 

[Church_Militant]

great posts, I guess my misconception was that the catholic church accepts mixed marriages easily, which having seen one of the articles referenced, I see now that it does at least rhetorically discourge it on the official level.

There’s nothing rhetorical about it…The n-C spouse must agree to allow the children to be baptized and raised Catholics.

still, I wish that the catholics I typically meet in ordinary life would better represent the lifestyle and authentic teaching of the catholic church.

“I wish that the non-Catholics I typically meet in ordinary life would better represent the lifestyle and authentic teaching of their church(es).” That has nothing to do with the truth of the faith.

my misconception in this case was based on the experience of having dated a catholic woman and the advice I received from her catholic community on the issue of mixed marriage and from the catachism not having a strong tone of warning against it. I still think it is a sin on some level to enter into a mixed marriage knowing the spiritual liabiliy.

That’s a bit legalistic don’tcha think? The fact is that so long as the n-C partner agrees to the children’s upbringing in the faith, the Church leaves the rest to the Holy Spirit.

What does the New Testament say? 1st Corinthians 7:12 For to the rest I speak, not the Lord. If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she consent to dwell with him, let him not put her away. 13 And if any woman hath a husband that believeth not, and he consent to dwell with her, let her not put away her husband. 14 For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the believing wife; and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the believing husband: otherwise your children should be unclean; but now they are holy.

 

[kaefae]

Hello,

The Catholic Church has been VERY firm with me and my mixed marriage. It has enforced it’s doctrine in my situation, understandably. If there’s a way for you to link to my post through my user name then please look at my long post about marrying a non-Catholic when I was foolishly not practicing my faith. I’m not allowed to participate in the Sacraments of the Catholic Church right now. It’s rather complicated & it would be easier if you were to link over to my posting as evidence that in my situation the Catholic Church has enforced its’ doctrine.

Please remember that nobody is perfect, though. There are people in the Church, every Christian church, and churches are full of sinners who are trying their best (hopefully), through the Grace of God, to sin no more. I’m not excusing sin by saying this. In the scriptures, we are commanded to be perfect. But, expecting everything & everyone to be 100% perfect 100% of the time is unrealistic. It’s impossible - we will always fall short of perfection because we are human. It goes without saying, that this is why God sent his only son, Christ who died for us and on the 3rd day he rose in fulfillment of the scriptures…and will come again in Glory to judge the living and the dead. He did this to save us from our (human) sins. I apologize if I’ve strayed too far from your original question into too many concepts & generalities but these are things I felt others may benefit from seeing, too. Again, read my post and you’ll see that in my situation the Catholic Church has been firm with me and I respect it for that.

God bless you and peace be with you always. Kindest regards.

 

[Julianna]

My parents were married in the Catholic church in 1956. My mother is a non-catholic. One of the priests was hemming and hawing about whether or not to allow the marriage. My father said, we are getting married, here or at her church down the road. He gave the permission. My mother had to “sign” a paper stating that she would raise the children as Catholics. She did. She never converted, but made sure we went through the sacraments and she asked questions instead of believing what other have told her. My parents were married almost 50 years.

My brother married a non-catholic in 1990. My sister in law was not told that she had to raise children from the marriage Catholic, nor was she asked to sign any sworn statements. Sadly, my brother and sis in law cannot have children. They are still married.

Mixed religion marriages can and do word. Actually, it was my Baptist grandmother who predicted gloom and doom for their marriage. Nothing happened. As I child I when we visited “grammy” I went to her church on occasion. I learned alot about the bible. Although, IMHO the bible speaks to us individually rather than as a whole…and it is more of a reference guide to life and history.

 

[proudnifi]

I am a Catholic married to a non-Catholic (with permission from the Church). Today, non-Catholics getting married to a Catholic do not have to make any promises. The Catholic must continue to practice her/his faith and the Catholic is to do his/her best to have the children raised Catholic. The non-Catholic party must be informed of the Catholic party’s obligations.

Edited to add that there is no sin in this. The Church would not allow it otherwise.