Can a Catholic marry a Protestant?

[LizziesAnswers]

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[scotthurban]

I am the best person to comment on this.When we were first married I was a practicing Protestant and my wife a Catholic. We did everything that this video states. We raised the children as Catholics, put them in Catholic school, had them receive all their sacraments, my wife discussed the homilies with them, and she took them to Mass every Sunday while I attended and was very active in the Church of the Nazarene. 39 years later I came into full communion with the church. On the positive side, my wife's devotion, prayers and years of my own research brought me to the Catholic Church and I am grateful.However, there was a price to my wife being 'unequally yoked' to me. This was a cost to our children. Having a divided house brought confusion to our daughter and son and neither one are now practicing Catholics. My son and his wife are active Protestants with Calvary Chapel and my daughter prays but has no real affiliation with any Christian denomination. If we were both Catholics from the beginning, our children would be far less likely to have strayed from the fullness of the Catholic Church. Beware.

[JP-gbbl]

almost all of the catholic people in my family have married non-catholics and almost all the non-catholics have converted over the years so it really just depends on the person you are marrying because im sure some people would not be okay with having their kids be catholic etc. but it can be done

[marshmello]

I think it depends on the individual Catholic and Protestant. You have Protestants that say Catholics aren’t real Christians and Catholics who say Protestants aren’t real Christians and you also have Catholics and Protestants who don’t focus on denominations and they look at each other as fellow Christians so it depends on how important the denomination is to the Catholic and Protestant

[MegaRoadwolf]

For me there would be too many arguments. Especially if the subject of Sola Scriptura came up. I love debating too much. I couldn't resist telling her it's self refuting. I swear sometimes it's like a sickness. It's especially bad because I live in the South. I'm surrounded by Protestants. Some of which have generations of family that have Protestant.

[imaliveu]

It's advised by the Church that Catholics marry Catholics. And I personally recommend if your future significant other is Protestant they should consider converting to Catholic. As its beneficial that both are of the same faith in bringing up their children in the faith. The marriages between Catholics and Protestants are more likely to fail because of the differences in the faith but they could still work out. It's even more likely a Catholic marrying a Non-Christian (Unbaptized) the marriage will fail.

And yes when getting married in the Catholic Church part of the vows exchanged both promise to raise the children in the Catholic faith. This includes attending Mass on the Lord's Day and othet Holy Days of obligation. Getting their children Baptized which again a promise is made by the parents to raise their children in the Catholic faith. Taking their children to faith formation (Catechism) or having them attend a Parochial Catholic church to receive their Sacraments of Initiation. When they are Confirmed the parents no longer have this obligation the decision of attending Maas and going to confession in the Sacrament of Reconciliation is entirely up to the child.

If the parents done their job raising them in the faith than most likely their children will be good Catholics.

[joanofarc]

Yes a Catholic can marry a Protestant. BUT take advice from me who married a Lutheran. I was naive. I thought Lutherans were just like Catholics. I made my husband promise me when we got engaged, we would be married in the Catholic Church AND OUR CHILDREN WOULD BE RAISED CATHOLIC or, I said, I can’t do this. He adheres to those promises. It’s a still huge problem!! I love my husband but children follow the faith of their fathers. My husband will not convert bc he doesn’t want to hurt his parents feelings. It’s a huge problem if both parents aren’t catholic. After saying that, I wouldn’t give up my husband for anything. I say rosaries all the time he converts!! Please Mother Mary, bring my husband into full communion with the Catholic Church!! Amen 🤧😇🙏🏻

[mountainlover]

A catholic should never marry a non Christian and probably not even a protestant. Children need consistency in their upbringing or they will become confused and most likely become atheists or agnostics, I myself came from a mixed marriage and went through a period of faithlessness but through the grace of God I returned to the Church, others in my family were not as fortunate as me. So I reccomend only marrying other Catholics or people that are willing to convert. It may sound harsh but you'll be glad you did one day.

[kevinestrada]

My maternal aunt (who is a Protestant) married her husband (who was a Catholic, or Atheist, or agnostic) and converted him into Protestantism.

[Renvere]

In my humble opinion, a Catholic x Catholic marriage is of course the best option. Doctrinally, I would say an Orthodox x Catholic marriage could get along well with bumps, but not as many as a Protestant x Catholic or an Atheist x Catholic (which I think would be the hardest).

But this is all just guessing. What really matters is the people involved and how willing they are to make it work for the children and each other. If theres barely any give, that marriage will not last. But if both spouses put 100% into each other and their children, I think it could work. God can do miraculous things.

[petehouse]

I’m atheist, my late wife was Catholic, we were blissfully happy. That’s all, love and peace all round

[UNION_JACK_THE_RIPPER]

My great grandparents had to leave northern ireland to get married. (Great granddad catholic Great nan was anglican). Was married rest of their lives. Guess it helps that anglican is basically the same as catholic they juat dont see the pope as the head of the church.

[thevagabondsgambit]

Let the Error of Solomon come to into focus... He married more than 3, 000 wives, noblewomen and princesses of non-believers of the God of Abraham, Moses and David, and they all ended up bringing their "heathen gods" into Jerusalem. As a result, all hell broke lose in the last years of Solomon's reign! At its end, the kingdom of Israel was split, with 10 of the 12 tribes of Israel forming the Kingdom of Ephariam as against to the 2 tribes who remained failthful to the Kingdom of Judah!

There is wisdom when God COMMANDED the Jews through Moses never to enter into marriage, nor take wives from the Heathen kingdoms that were in the Promised Land! If they did, generations of Jews end up forgetting God by worshiping other "gods", and incurring the Wrath of God... Ergo, Catholics should not marry or take wives from protestants, false christian cultists, and OTHER RELIGIONS as well as NON-BELIEVERS/ATHEISTS! It'll cause havoc in Catholic lives, that's for sure, assuring a wreckage of the family, and maybe of the clan!

DO NOT FORGET THE WISDOM OF THE PAST! But if you do, do NOT BLAME others if you fall prey to difficulty and hardships... and the pain of a broken home! HOah!

[Cobe]

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[TheDeanMachineTV]

Keep in mind that marriage is a sacrament. Sacraments are supposed to bring you closer to Christ, not merely get along with Him. So the reason for marrying someone should always be that such a marriage would bring each other closer to Christ. Not because he/she is nice, not because they’re financially stable, not because they’re good looking, but because you bring each other closer to Christ. With that said, a pious, practicing member of the Catholic Church will always be closer to Christ than anyone else. So I can’t imagine any situation where it would be a good idea for anyone to marry a non-Catholic.

And I wouldn’t date/marry someone in order to convert them. If it doesn’t work out, you’re both either in an awkward situation, or you might be able to get an annulment; I’m not sure. It’s a really big risk.

[cantrait]

Yes they can marry, and have a beautiful marriage. I heard Catholics are not allowed to marry 7th Day Advantast, not sure why

[blackknightofgod]

Yes but not in Catholic Church. They must convert.