2007-03-15 20:36:59 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Your past has it I think. A Catholic church doesn't recongnize a mixed marriage. So if the Catholic is strict that person will probably not want to marry a non Catholic or try to convert the non Catholic over to Catholic. Most likely the protestant would want the same if they are strict because they don't believe in Mass or Rosary beads or lighting candles under a statue of a Saint or praying to Mary the mother of Jesus. Only to God thru His son Jesus Christ.
2007-03-15 20:54:45 · answer #1 · answered by beccrigram 2 · 1⤊ 3⤋
A catholic CAN marry a Protestant in the catholic Church as long as the Protestant promises not to interfere with the Catholic practicing his or her religion and that the children will be brought up in the Catholic faith.
2007-03-16 02:08:04 · answer #2 · answered by Sldgman 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A catholic can marry a protestant.
2007-03-15 20:39:52 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
They can. And a Jew marry a Catholic, et al.
But if it's forbidden, it usually is a sign of a strong influence by one of those faiths. I know that it had been forbidden more often in times past, but things have changed more commonly. I just get concerned about the children and the faith in which the children get brought up in. It can be agreed before the wedding, but someone can and sometimes does change their mind when the children are old enough to start learning. That puts the household under a stress that was to have been avoided.
2007-03-15 20:54:07 · answer #4 · answered by Christian Sinner 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am a Baptist and my wife was Catholic when we got married. The only thing that was needed was to prove I was baptized, do a couple of counseling sessions and promise to raise the children Catholic. We did not raise the children Catholic and I don't think they had a right to ask us to. My wife is now a born again Baptist as I and our daughter is, my son who is 7 got saved this year. My hope is when he is ready he will be baptized as a member of our church to.
2007-03-15 22:58:11 · answer #5 · answered by Jayson Kane 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There is no stopping to a Catholic in marrying a protestant, however there are some who think otherwise as he/she felt his/her religion is more important, hence, some Protestant would like his/her potential catholic spouse be in his/her own faith, however some Catholic would like his/her potential protestant spouse to be in his/her own faith.
2007-03-15 20:43:27 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am protestant and i just married a catholic BUT not in the catholic church, and no I have no intention of becoming catholic, she wants to attend my church instead.
2007-03-15 20:43:00 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
they can but the protestant has to be willing to change to being a catholic or else they would not be able to marry in the catholic faith
2007-03-15 20:53:13 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well, legally, a Catholic can marry whoever he or she wants. The Church will not recognize marriage between a Catholic and a non-Catholic, though, because the Church just doesn't consider such a marriage holy.
2007-03-15 20:41:51 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
they can but if they wont to marry in a catholic church they must promise to bring the children up catholic. I was married to a catholic but in a babtist church.
2007-03-15 20:55:01 · answer #10 · answered by Mim 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋