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Why won't the catholic church baptize a baby if one of the parents is not catholic ? Is that biblical or just their beliefs

My answer is not in defense of the Catholic Teaching, I am just giving the sacramental theology of it. So please don't attack me.

The catholic church will not baptize a baby if one parent is not catholic because the church wants the baby to be raised in a catholic house hold with parents who hold and believe the catholic churches teachings. When a baby is baptized in the Catholic Church they are entering the community of the catholic church and are expected to be raised catholic. The church would want to know why a person wants a child baptized catholic if they are not going to be raised catholic, if the parents belief system is more of a protestant take then the church would feel that the child would be better suited baptized in a protestant church. But if the parents were in the process of becoming catholic themselves then the church would look more seriously in baptizing the infant. The church would also consider baptizing the child if the child was being raised by somebody who is a practicing catholic.

In reality it all comes down to the priest you talk to.

Addition:
As I am reading over the other answers. I want to make something clear because I do have a little confussion myself. The question is that both parents are not Catholic??? If one parent is Catholic, then there is no canonical hinderance from having the child baptized.

Second Addition:
There was an answer that a nurse baptized the baby then the deacon did it again. The catholic deacon was in the wrong and should have never had done it again, if the nurse used the proper formula of pouring water over the head of the child and saying "I baptize you in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit." There is only one baptizm, and this is a teaching of the church. Anybody can baptize validly, but the church strongly encourages this only to be done in cases of emergency. If a person was baptized in a protestant church and wants to come to the Catholic Church, the church will not baptize that person again (considering the above formula was used the first time around.) Also don't ever by Holy Water, it is free at the back of every catholic church and you don't need holy water to baptize anyone.

2006-04-14 21:05:33 by Maverick

Kathy Griffin and her very personal take on Catholics and swearing. When I watched this for the first time I was laughing so hard I was crying ...

During the Middle Ages, the Roman Catholic Church was the most powerful religion. The majority of Europe during this time was Catholic. Most Catholics refer to this time as the "Age of Faith". I preferably call it the "Age of Ignorance". Why was the Roman Catholic Church so powerful during these times? What caused it to become this way all throughout Europe?

The Middle Ages are commonly dated from the fall of the Western Roman Empire (or by some scholars, before that) in the 5th century to the beginning of the Early Modern Period in the 16th century. In central Europe is was the only major Christian Church in existence that still exists today. This period was before the reformation so the only other major Christian Church was the Orthodox Church. Both of these Churches go back to the beginning. The Protestant reformation and the new theologies had not been invented yet.

2008-08-27 08:15:56 by Michael G

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Also, which Catholic apostle associated with finding the Hungarian Catholic Church rite? Thanks to all who respond!

Hungary's Greek Catholics, were originally concentrated in what is now northeastern Hungary. This region was historically inhabited by Orthodox Christians from the Carpathian Mountains (Ruthenians and Romanians). Serbs fleeing the Turkish advance arrived later in what was then Hungary, but most stayed in the area that is now part of Serbia. Later still, when the Turks were driven back from Vienna in 1683 and from Buda and central Hungary in 1686, Ruthenians and Slovaks settled in the abandoned lands of Hungary. They were cared for by the Ruthenian Byzantine Rite Eparchy of Mukacheve (Hungarian: Munkács). In the 18th century many Hungarian Protestants joined the Roman Catholic Church, adopting the Byzantine Rite rather than the Latin.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungarian_Greek_Catholic_Church

A rite represents an ecclesiastical tradition about how the sacraments are to be celebrated. As the early Church grew and spread, it celebrated the sacraments as would be best understood and received in the context of individual cultures, without ever changing their essential form and matter. The early Church sought to evangelize in the major cultural centers of the first centuries A.D. These centers were Rome, Antioch (Syria), and Alexandria (Egypt). All the rites in use today evolved from the liturgical practices and ecclesiastical organization used by the churches in these cities.
http://www.mncuf.org/rites.htm

2009-03-02 17:51:01 by Em

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I know some churches call themselves "Eastern Catholic" or "Greek Catholic" or "Chaldean Catholic", etc. Are they associated with the Roman Catholic Church or the Eastern Orthodox Church?

They are associated with the Roman Catholic Church. The Catholic Church is universal and includes many different cultures.

There are 23 churches under 7 rites in the Catholic Church, which are all in full communion with the pope and share the same beliefs as all the other Catholics in the world.


Here is a list of all the rites and sui iuris churches in the Catholic Church....
http://www.gcatholic.com/dioceses/rites.htm

Although the Orthodox also believe that they are one holy catholic and apostolic church, they identify themselves as Orthodox, not (Eastern) Catholic.

2009-06-07 10:42:13 by boxman34234

I don't know the difference between catholic and protestant.

There are many but your best bet to understand is to sit down, get ready to read a lot, and go to authoritative and unbiased sources.

The big different between Catholicism and Protestantism are the five pillars, which paint a different picture of salvation, definitions of sin, freewill or predestination. These differences are many and vary from church to church.

Catholicism would have the claims to be the oldest, most faithful representation of Christianity based on comparison between the Church today and the Bible. Also comparison between the Church today and the teachings of Christians in days gone (a democracy of the dead if you will) such as those writings of The Church Fathers.

Catholics believe in seven sacrament.
Protestants believe in two.

Catholics believe that the Eucharist is changed in essence into The Body and Blood of Jesus Christ (see John 6, and The Last Supper)
Protestants believe this was only a symbol.

Catholics believe Sacred Tradition and Sacred Scripture are equal in value in sharing The Word of God. (The Bible says as much and there are many Christian teachings not in The Bible, such as The Trinity)
Protestants believe that only that which is "plainly" laid out in The Bible is too be believed.

Catholics believe that we are justified by "faith together with works". We must have faith, but we will also be judged according to our works.
Protestants believe in the mad made doctrine "Sola fide" or "Faith Alone" which says that we only need to believe and we are saved.

Other points of contention include;

- Clerical celibacy
- Church authority and hierarchy.
- Biblical canon
- the priesthood (automatic or consecrated)

2009-06-16 14:30:50 by The Angry Guy