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Catholic AnswerThe situation you are describing above, to marry a Lutheran and raise the children Lutheran would be to cast your chances at eternal salvation in heaven into the waste can, and to endanger your spouse's and your children's salvation. To even ask this question shows a complete lack of understanding of the Catholic faith and the joy that God is trying to impart to you. If you are thinking of marriage outside the faith, please read the advice I give to such couples below, and then have a long talk with your confessor. I would highly recommend taking RCIA classes. Normally, they are for people thinking of coming into the Church, but in your case, I would think they would be necessary to get a grasp of basic Christianity. Please take a year or more to find out what you might be throwing away before you throw it away!.
Normally a Catholic is forbidden to marry outside the faith. For a "mixed marriage" as you describe, you need to have permission from your Bishop. You would need to speak with your pastor and discuss your reasons for doing this. If you have good enough reasons - which should be very good, then the non-Catholic can apply for the permission you need if the two of you go through pre-Cana classes, and are showing good faith. You need to be sure that you can live your faith and raise the children in the faith. As one man I used to work with used to say, "you're going to be dead for a long time." Although I wouldn't use his phrasing, the point is that you are only on earth for a short period of time. The reason God put you on earth is to serve Him and to prepare yourself to enter heaven. In other words, the reason you would marry a non-Catholic is that you somehow discern that it is God's Will for you do so, and that in doing so, you will be furthering the chances of your eternal salvation AND his or hers. Remember, marriage means that you are responsible for helping your spouse attain heaven, as well as working out your own salvation. My personal advice is to take this very slowly. Take a year or more to make sure that your faith is firmly established, and to get to know this person better so that you are absolutely positive that you are not endangering your soul, or your children's souls. Any person that is worthwhile and really loves a Catholic person should be more than willing to genuinely convert and then the two of you would be working together towards the same end.
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Must a Catholic child be baptized in a Catholic church?
Yes, a Catholic child should be baptized in a Catholic church.
Can a child baptized as Catholic if there is no father written?
Any child may be baptized if there is a reasonable hope that they will be brought up Catholic or in danger of death.
Can a child get baptized in the Catholic Chu?
Yes
Can children of a remarriage by a divorced Catholic be raised in the Catholic faith?
Roman Catholic AnswerOf course, if the child is baptized, it is required that he be raised in the Catholic faith. If a child is not baptized, there must be reasonable assurance that he will be raised in the faith, to be baptized.
Can an adult be baptized Lutheran?
An adult can be babtized in the Lutheran way.
If a child's parents have been baptized but the child has not is the child still Catholic?
No, the child needs to be baptized. Catholicism is not passed by generation, rather by the Sacrament of Baptism.
Can a child baptized in the Ukrainian Catholic Church go to a Roman Catholic School?
The Ukrainian Catholic Church is in union with the Holy Father and the Roman Catholic Church, so there should be no problem at all with a child baptized in that rite of the Church attending a Roman Catholic school.
Where is the Lutheran Catholic Church located?
There is a Lutheran Church and a Catholic Church but no Lutheran Catholic Church.
Does baby need godparents to be baptized in Lutheran church?
This would primarily be up to the pastor and the parents, as well as the potential godparents. However, there are enough serious doctrinal disagreements regarding baptism between the Lutheran Churches and the Baptist Churches that such an arrangement could be problematic and perhaps not even possible if all parties were to remain faithful to their tradition. If the potential godparent were to subscribe only to Believer Baptism as opposed to Infant Baptism, then they could not really believe in the effectiveness of an infant's baptism. In the tradition of Believer's baptism, the child would have to be baptized again at an older age, when said child would be able to come to Christ and come to terms with their faith. Now, to a Lutheran, the concept of someone being baptized again would seem to be unnecessary at best, heretical in all cases, and at worst an insult to baptism. Article IX of the Augsburg Confession states that baptism should come to children, as it entrusts them to God, and Luther's Large Catechism lines 47-86 declare that Baptism should be given to children, and can only come once. For a Lutheran, baptism can only occur once, the free showing and showering of God's love and grace through the action of the Holy Spirit, permanently and not dependent on the child, but on a God who loves. A second baptism, or any belief that the infant's baptism is not the true baptism, would seem to Lutherans to possibly cast doubt on this. With this in mind, one must question if a Baptist would even want to become a godparent to a Lutheran child, if said child's very baptism is questionable to the Baptist. One would also question whether a baptized child would be brought up well as a Lutheran Christian if said child is being taught about Christianity and within Christianity, baptism, by one who ascribes to a vision that could potentially doubt the veracity of the child's baptism.
Is it possible for the child to be baptized in a Catholic Church if the parents are not confirmed?
Yes.
Can you become a catholic if you were baptized in the Lutheran church?
Yes In Australia you would not still be considered Catholic, as long as you underwent some Lutheran instruction by the Pastor. You would not be permitted to become a member of a Lutheran church if you did not acknowledge and accept the creeds of the Lutheran church publicly, i.e. in front of the congregation which you wished to join.
Can a child be baptized a Catholic if their godmother is not Catholic?
No, because a Godparent's purpose is to help assure that the child is raised as a Catholic. If the Godparent is not a Catholic there is no assurance that this responsibility will be complied with by the non-Catholic person.
