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jmosley123
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Is it licit for a Catholic to attend a Mormon Baptism, realizing it is not recognized by the Church as a valid baptism?
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Brad_Haas
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Good question. I’m also interested to know the answer.
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Penitant
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You might want to try the “Ask an Apologist” board.
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mosher
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We are forbidden to hold communio in sacris with other faiths. How this is understood today is different than in the past. In the past it was understood as even presence. However, today communio in sacris is not equated to presence but actual participation. Strictly speaking you can go but you cannot participate. This is, unless, if your presence would bring scandal to yourself or to others. If it would then I would refrain.
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PaulDupre
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Along with what mosher said, I would be concerned that the Mormons might assume that the Catholic’s attendance indicates his belief in the efficacy of Mormon baptism. That is not the impression we want to give. As a Catholic (and a former Mormon) I would not attend an LDS service of any kind.
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justinthemartyr
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I find it interesting that such an important teaching of the mormon faith is not in the book of mormon.
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PaulDupre
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Baptism is discussed in great detail in the Book of Mormon, including the prohibition of infant baptism. The BoM says that anyone who believes in infant baptism will go to hell.
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valient_Lucy
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Interesting. I thought Mormons didn’t believe in Hell, only in three degrees of Heaven.
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Lehl
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Many of you can say you’d never attend an LDS service, but perhaps you don’t have Mormon relatives!
Many of my Mormon in-laws had been gracious enough to attend my childrens’ Catholic baptisms. I KNOW they feel likewise about Catholic baptisms “being wrong”, yet they attended. I think most of the reason for their attendence was curiosity. Which is also why we had a huge turnout of my husband’s extended Mormon family for our Catholic wedding. Most of them had never even been inside a Catholic church, let alone seen a wedding or a baptism. Some of the relatives came for my husband’s Catholic baptism just a couple years ago. Again, I think most of it was curiosity and also so that they could “return and report” to the rest of the family.
I’ve not attended any Mormon baptisms because we obviously had a huge falling out before the nieces and nephews began to reach the age of 8. I did attend a service when my husband’s father got his “bishop calling”, when his sister had her missionary farewell, a funeral, and a couple baby blessings.
I don’t feel that my presence expressed my approval for any of it. I certainly didn’t participate in any way, just as they didn’t participate when they came to view. I sat like a lump on a log and just listened and watched. Most of the ward members assumed I was Mormon because here I was, the Bishop’s daughter-in-law. It was quite interesting to watch their expressions when I told them I was Catholic. I also made it a point to wear a crucifix when I attended any of these services. That alone is a missionary tool among Mormons who as a whole, culturally disdain the cross and especially the crucifix. However, I’ve found many Mormons to almost “envy” the cross.
If you wear one among a bunch of Mormons, you’ll find they can’t keep their eyes off your chest.
My husband wears his when he visits his family and I’ve told him now he has some sort of an idea of how big-chested women feel most of the time!
I have an upcoming opportunity again at a social function (not at the LDS church) where I imagine I’ll be the only non-Mormon and everyone will likely assume I am Mormon because I’m attending for an in-law. I’ll get the usual presumptive question…“So, which ward are you in?”
“I’m Catholic”
“Oh”
Then they look confused and conversations usually comes to a screeching halt.
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I sort of see this thing as tit-for-tat. You come to mine, I’ll go to yours.
How else am I going to get those people into the Catholic Church???
Many of my Mormon in-laws had been gracious enough to attend my childrens’ Catholic baptisms. I KNOW they feel likewise about Catholic baptisms “being wrong”, yet they attended. I think most of the reason for their attendence was curiosity. Which is also why we had a huge turnout of my husband’s extended Mormon family for our Catholic wedding. Most of them had never even been inside a Catholic church, let alone seen a wedding or a baptism. Some of the relatives came for my husband’s Catholic baptism just a couple years ago. Again, I think most of it was curiosity and also so that they could “return and report” to the rest of the family.
I’ve not attended any Mormon baptisms because we obviously had a huge falling out before the nieces and nephews began to reach the age of 8. I did attend a service when my husband’s father got his “bishop calling”, when his sister had her missionary farewell, a funeral, and a couple baby blessings.
I don’t feel that my presence expressed my approval for any of it. I certainly didn’t participate in any way, just as they didn’t participate when they came to view. I sat like a lump on a log and just listened and watched. Most of the ward members assumed I was Mormon because here I was, the Bishop’s daughter-in-law. It was quite interesting to watch their expressions when I told them I was Catholic. I also made it a point to wear a crucifix when I attended any of these services. That alone is a missionary tool among Mormons who as a whole, culturally disdain the cross and especially the crucifix. However, I’ve found many Mormons to almost “envy” the cross.
If you wear one among a bunch of Mormons, you’ll find they can’t keep their eyes off your chest.
My husband wears his when he visits his family and I’ve told him now he has some sort of an idea of how big-chested women feel most of the time!I have an upcoming opportunity again at a social function (not at the LDS church) where I imagine I’ll be the only non-Mormon and everyone will likely assume I am Mormon because I’m attending for an in-law. I’ll get the usual presumptive question…“So, which ward are you in?”
“I’m Catholic”
“Oh”
Then they look confused and conversations usually comes to a screeching halt.
sigh
I sort of see this thing as tit-for-tat. You come to mine, I’ll go to yours.
How else am I going to get those people into the Catholic Church???
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RebeccaJ
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To the OP: Realize that any time a mormon is inviting you to anything to do with their church, it is an attempt to assimilate you into their beliefs.
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PaulDupre
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The Book of Mormon talks about hell quite a bit, but you’re right that Joseph Smith later jettisoned the biblical notion of hell. They do believe in a place called “outer darkness” where Satan and his demons and apostates from Mormonism go, but this is only temporary. After some period of punishment apostates are released and end up in the Telestial Kingdom. How nice.
Otherwise, really bad sinners end up in the Telestial Kingdom.
Paul
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