You provide too little information to answer your question. As you are asking about confirmation I will assume you are baptised. Your question about confirmation also leads me to assume that your father is a Latin Catholic. If your father was an Eastern Catholic you would have been chrismated at baptism. I finally assume from your information that you were baptised in the Latin Catholic Church.My Mother was Orthodox & my Father is Catholic.
Could I be confirmed in both churches and thus, receive eucharist at both or either?
Would this be permissible according to their doctrine?
But the Catholic parent would have been required to do the same. So what now? Coin toss?I believe that in order for an Orthodox Christian to be married to a Christian of any other confession in an Orthodox ceremony, that the non-Orthodox spouse must agree to raise any children as Orthodox Christians. In this case you should be Orthodox, but it doesn’t sound like either of your parents cared too much if you have no idea what you’re supposed to be.
Catholics in this situation are encouraged to be married in the Orthodox church. The UCCB put out a booklet giving all the details a few years ago.But the Catholic parent would have been required to do the same. So what now? Coin toss?
But Catholics are also open to letting you get married in a Protestant ceremony if the spouse is Protestant, given proper dispensations. But that still carries the condition to raise kids as Catholics. Wouldn’t the Catholic Church still ask the Catholic spouse to promise to raise their kids Catholic instead of Orthodox?Catholics in this situation are encouraged to be married in the Orthodox church. The UCCB put out a booklet giving all the details a few years ago.
The gist of it was; because the catholic church recognizes the sacraments of the Orthodox church, it is usually best to just get married there, even if it means bringing up children Orthodox.
I’ll see if I can find the booklet and give some references.
I’d be interested in you are able to find the source and cite it. It seems to be an ‘unusual’ stance for the Church to take.Catholics in this situation are encouraged to be married in the Orthodox church. The UCCB put out a booklet giving all the details a few years ago.
The gist of it was; because the catholic church recognizes the sacraments of the Orthodox church, it is usually best to just get married there, even if it means bringing up children Orthodox.
I’ll see if I can find the booklet and give some references.
usccb.org/seia/5-264.pdfI’d be interested in you are able to find the source and cite it. It seems to be an ‘unusual’ stance for the Church to take.
Thanks for the link. A very interesting document. Below is my summary, FWIW, following a speed read of the document.usccb.org/seia/5-264.pdf
Seems I wasn’t quite accurate about the raising the kids Orthodox, but it isn’t entirely ruled out. Have a look.
I would suspect that considering the relationship between the Eastern Catholics and Eastern Orthodox in Europe that mixed marriages would in fact be quite rare.…probably very common in Europe …
I honestly don’t know. I just don’t expect such issues to spill into the laity. Especially that we don’t expect everyone to be so passionate about the faith. The same would be for a Catholic who would fall in love with a Protestant. Perhaps a very devout Catholic might avoid dating a non-Catholic altogether, but a more lukewarm Catholic may not care much. When I was dating I don’t mind if the girl was Protestant. I just avoided certain denominations that I know were big trouble, like the ones that would force me to convert.I would suspect that considering the relationship between the Eastern Catholics and Eastern Orthodox in Europe that mixed marriages would in fact be quite rare.
If I can put it into a context. You’re not going to find a Catholic and a Protestant marrying in Northern Ireland. OK, it’s occasionally happened but extremely rare.I honestly don’t know. I just don’t expect such issues to spill into the laity. Especially that we don’t expect everyone to be so passionate about the faith. The same would be for a Catholic who would fall in love with a Protestant. Perhaps a very devout Catholic might avoid dating a non-Catholic altogether, but a more lukewarm Catholic may not care much. When I was dating I don’t mind if the girl was Protestant. I just avoided certain denominations that I know were big trouble, like the ones that would force me to convert.
I fully understand the cultural context of which you speak of. In the Philippines about 50 years ago, over 90% of the population was Catholic. Today its dropped to 80% and there is a rise in Evangelicals and Pentecostals, along with a few local breakaway groups who mostly resemble LDS and SDAs. It normally wouldn’t be acceptable for Catholics to marry non-Catholics, but many who are lukewarm to the faith find no issue to it, much to the disappointment for their devout parents. There are some groups who are more hostile to Catholics than some. But because most people are Catholics, its highly likely that some from the smaller groups would marry someone who’s Catholic. Now its just up to the Catholic if they’re open to that or not. I’ve known a couple of people who come from Catholic families who married someone from our local brand of LDS called the Iglesia ni Cristo. They’re highly anti-Catholic and would not accept mixed marriages. The people I knew converted to their faith.If I can put it into a context. You’re not going to find a Catholic and a Protestant marrying in Northern Ireland. OK, it’s occasionally happened but extremely rare.
In Eastern Europe the Orthodox Churches have seen the Eastern Catholics as an attempt by Rome to take over what they see as their legitimate territory. Eastern Catholics have been persecuted by the Eastern Orthodox in Europe.
It’s not just a case of the hierarchies having differences. Even at the level of the laity there is an ingrained (nurtured) antipathy towards each other.
Intermarriage between Eastern Catholics & Orthodox is actually quite common. I personally know of quite a few, especially in Europe.An Eastern Catholic question:
Since Eastern Catholics require the blessing of a priest for a valid marriage, should an Eastern Catholic marry an Orthodox (probably very common in Europe), would the Eastern Catholic accept the blessings from an Orthodox priest to make the marriage valid from the Catholic perspective?
But it does make the marriage valid, right?Intermarriage between Eastern Catholics & Orthodox is actually quite common. I personally know of quite a few, especially in Europe.
And yes Constantine an Eastern Catholic would accept the blessing of an Orthodox priest, although I doubt they would think in the terms you describe( valid ).