Question Re: Baptism in Separate Denominations.

[SalusaSecondus]

I have three kids. The first two were baptized in the RC. My third was baptized in a Lutheran church. Are their statuses different in regards to the RC or are their baptisms counted the same?

 

[Michaelrh]

My wife was baptized in the RCC, and it was counted as valid by the LCMS when she converted.

 

[Nelka]

I was baptised in some little Protestant church as a baby, when we joined the Catholic Church many years later I didn’t need another baptism so they are the same.

 

[Marie5890]

I have three kids. The first two were baptized in the RC. My third was baptized in a Lutheran church. Are their statuses different in regards to the RC or are their baptisms counted the same?

They are all validly baptized.

 

[PaulfromIowa]

I have three kids. The first two were baptized in the RC. My third was baptized in a Lutheran church. Are their statuses different in regards to the RC or are their baptisms counted the same?

The Catholic Church considers Lutheran baptisms as valid because Lutherans use the correct (Trinitarian) form and matter.

The larger question is how you are raising the children. The parent(s) made promises to God at each of those baptisms. Are you raising two as Catholic and one as Lutheran? How will you reconcile the different teachings?

 

[SalusaSecondus]

The Catholic Church considers Lutheran baptisms as valid because Lutherans use the correct (Trinitarian) form and matter.

The larger question is how you are raising the children. The parent(s) made promises to God at each of those baptisms. Are you raising two as Catholic and one as Lutheran? How will you reconcile the different teachings?

I am raising them all as Lutheran.

 

[SalusaSecondus]

I was baptised in some little Protestant church as a baby, when we joined the Catholic Church many years later I didn’t need another baptism so they are the same.

I was told by someone that my kids who were baptized RC are in a better position vis a vis the church than my kid who was baptized Lutheran. That didn’t seem right to me. Thanks for your response.

 

[Nelka]

I was told by someone that my kids who were baptized RC are in a better position vis a vis the church than my kid who was baptized Lutheran. That didn’t seem right to me. Thanks for your response.

Catechism.

1272 Incorporated into Christ by Baptism, the person baptized is configured to Christ. Baptism seals the Christian with the indelible spiritual mark (character) of his belonging to Christ. No sin can erase this mark, even if sin prevents Baptism from bearing the fruits of salvation. Given once for all, Baptism cannot be repeated.

 

[QNDNNDQDCE]

I was told by someone that my kids who were baptized RC are in a better position vis a vis the church than my kid who was baptized Lutheran. That didn’t seem right to me. Thanks for your response.

If you are not raising them in the Catholic faith, the only advantage to them (with respect to Catholicism) is that a Catholic parish has their baptismal certificate, which would only make it perhaps insignificantly easier for them to receive the sacraments if they later decide to return to the faith of their baptism. That is not a significant concern since I would assume that Lutheran parishes keep good sacramental records. Someone could also make arguments about the difference in prayers between the two rites, but there is nothing objectively different. Your insinct is correct.

I am confused. You said your children were baptized in the Catholic Church, yet you are raising them as Lutherans. Didn’t you vow before God to raise them in the Catholic faith, or did you become Lutheran after their baptisms?

 

[SalusaSecondus]

If you are not raising them in the Catholic faith, the only advantage to them (with respect to Catholicism) is that a Catholic parish has their baptismal certificate, which would only make it perhaps insignificantly easier for them to receive the sacraments if they later decide to return to the faith of their baptism. That is not a significant concern since I would assume that Lutheran parishes keep good sacramental records. Someone could also make arguments about the difference in prayers between the two rites, but there is nothing objectively different. Your insinct is correct.

I am confused. You said your children were baptized in the Catholic Church, yet you are raising them as Lutherans. Didn’t you vow before God to raise them in the Catholic faith, or did you become Lutheran after their baptisms?

I was RC, then I adopted my two daughters and had them baptized in the RC. Then my wife and I left the RC and joined up with Lutheranism. Then we had our third daughter and we had her baptized in our Lutheran parish.

 

[QNDNNDQDCE]

Okay. I understand your situation better now.