Re-Babtism requirement for Catholic who marry Othrodox

[gus]

On Father Mirch Pacwa’s open line Wednesday show someone asked about a Catholic marrying inside the Othrodox Church.
He gave some of the technical requirements
But added that in some cases a validly baptized Catholic would have to be re-baptized in order to marry.
I was astounded as this violates our common creeds
Is this true? If so , under what circumstances is it necessary?

 

[ChadS]

I’ve heard of this too, but I’m not entirely sure how widespread it actually is. Orthodox Christianity varies a bit in their various disciplines, so one group may require baptism, while others will accept the original baptism as long as it can be proven to have been done using a trinitarian formula. I think some would also argue that the baptism needed to be done using full immersion for it to be valid also.

Here are two sources I found that discuss this topic:

orthodoxchristianity.net/forum/index.php?topic=18468.0

johnsanidopoulos.com/2010/05/regarding-reception-of-converts-and-re.html

ChadS

 

[Cavaradossi]

On Father Mirch Pacwa’s open line Wednesday show someone asked about a Catholic marrying inside the Othrodox Church.
He gave some of the technical requirements
But added that in some cases a validly baptized Catholic would have to be re-baptized in order to marry.
I was astounded as this violates our common creeds
Is this true? If so , under what circumstances is it necessary?

Marriage is a confusing affair. Under St. Paul’s doctrine that we should not allow ourselves to be unequally yoked, mixed marriages are strictly prohibited, and in some orthodox countries, that still may be the case. Here in the States (and in many other countries where the Orthodox are similarly a small minority), our bishops employ economia to allow for mixed inter-christian marriages while generally still prohibiting marriages between an Orthodox Christian and a non-Christian.

The only situations I can think of where one of the people to be married would be baptized would be a) if the prospective spouse is unbaptized or b) if the marriage is taking place in the Church of Greece (that is, the one in Greece), which is the only Church I can think of which as a matter of standard discipline would be likely to forbid inter-christian marriage (meaning the non-Orthodox party would have to convert) and which usually baptizes all converts (considering baptism performed outside of the Church as doubtful). The churches in other geographic locations may adhere to the former discipline (demand that a prospective spouse convert), but usually do so only through chrismation or confession.

 

[Peter_J]

But added that in some cases a validly baptized Catholic would have to be re-baptized in order to marry.

I’m guessing that Father said “Catholic” just because that’s what was relevant to the question asked. I could be wrong of course, but I strongly doubt that Orthodox would have a policy that’s specific to Catholics but not other non-Orthodox Christians.