I have gotten alot of replies about my religion question about Catholic/Lutheran marriage and I am confused about one thing.. people have been telling me about all this paperwork I/we would have to do to get married -- okay.. so what is the paperwork you speak of?
(I am Lutheran and my boyfriend is Catholic.. I had asked about a Catholic blessing and a Lutheran or some other type of wedding)
2006-10-04 02:20:50 · 3 answers · asked by TimminsGirl1965 2 in Family & Relationships ➔ Weddings
My sister married a catholic and they had a catholic wedding. They had to go to some class first and file paperwork. I was maid of honor and my husband was best man and we had to have paperwork as well. They wanted to know if my sister was baptized if I was ect. It was kind of weird for me because he was like do you know the date she was baptized, should they get married, will it last.... too much! But it was a very nice ceromony in the end.
2006-10-04 02:29:35 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you want a Lutheran (or just about any other Protestant) wedding, performed by a Lutheran minister, then all you need to do is meet with the minister and do some pre-marriage counselling that basically gets you to talk about what you expect out of marriage and what marriage will really be like. His being Catholic won't matter a bit.
I've never heard of receiving a Catholic blessing for a non-Catholic wedding. Here's what I do know, though. If you want a Catholic wedding, then the two of you will need to meet with the priest. You don't have to convert, but you do have to agree that your children will be raised Catholic. You will also need pre-marriage counselling (I don't know how to spell the term they actually use...precanna?), which is more detailed than what you would do for a Lutheran wedding. After doing all of this, the priest will make a final decision as to whether he approves of the marriage, and then he'll perform the ceremony.
I assume that for a Catholic priest to bless the marriage, he has to approve of it. You might not have to do the precanna, but I'm pretty sure you would at least have to promise that your children will be raised Catholic.
However, even without the Catholic blessing, you will still be recognized as being married.
2006-10-04 02:38:46 · answer #2 · answered by Pink Denial 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I had a Lutheran wedding and all I did was meet with the pastor once before the wedding, just to go over with her on what will the ceremony be like and what we wanted said there. And then the rehersal and then the big day! I don't really know anything about paperwork, except the marriage license.
2006-10-04 03:04:43 · answer #3 · answered by Aubrey's mommy 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I have no clue of any paper work. It may depend on the church, and the priest. My husband is Catholic, and I am Protestant and we had no paper work to do at all. We simply went to the court house, got the marriage license, and talked to the priest. Again, the biggest thing is how HIS church/priest does things.
Good Luck, and Best Wishes!
2006-10-04 02:30:08 · answer #4 · answered by mojo0520 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on the church/area requirements from where you are getting married. The minister/pastor/priest will let you know all of this. We had to sign declarations that we were not mentally infirm, that we were entering into the marriage freely and of our own will, that we would welcome children into our marriage if we were able, and that we would raise them in our faith. This was done after pre-marital counselling. After the ceremony, you also need to sign a document.
2006-10-04 04:04:52 · answer #5 · answered by Lydia 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋