Is It Ok For Christians To Date Across Different Denominations?
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My wife is catholic and I’m Protestant. I had massive issues with our theological incompatibilities before we decided to marry. She broke down one day and said to me why we just couldn’t share a love for the Lord and let him take care of our anxieties. She was right, and it led me down a path of wanting to study more and ultimately commune with the Lord in a deeper way. I still have issues with the Catholic Church at the institutional level with some topics but what I’ve come to learn is that its congregations share more in common with me than I had previously thought and even hold the same concerns in some cases. My brother, who’s more on the Calvinist side of the spectrum also said to me after my wedding that even though I wasn’t in my previous church that I had grown up in that they all still blessed our marriage, all of them love my wife too, who I brought with me to services. I always got asked during the time we dated when I was going to marry her, regardless of her being catholic. My pastor sat down with us after dinner and told us, “just pick one, you both clearly share a love for the Lord.”
Genuine question, brother, it was my understanding that you can’t be married in the Catholic Church if you’re not Catholic… was there an issue with her priest or family? Or did you not get married I their church and if so did they give her grief.
I have young people under my guidance who may soon face this same situation/decision.
@@seeqr9 you can absolutely marry a catholic if you are not. My mother is catholic and my dad isnt. They got married in the church though
Orthodoxy is the true church!
@@seeqr9 from my understanding, it’s on a priest by priest basis to do anything with their parish inside the bounds of official doctrines, however yes Catholics can marry outside of their denomination as long as at least one of the people marrying has gone through their Confirmation and attends service regularly while partaking in communion, which my wife had. In my case, her priest doesn’t allow couples to marry if they both aren’t baptized (either as an infant or adult), we also needed to meet with him on a weekly basis for spiritual counseling, which at times were humorous because of the differences between catholic and Baptist. However, he really wanted to see commitment to the Lord more than anything else before he married us. We didn’t have an in-church ceremony but the priest and congregations from both came out to our wedding (our group was far too large for the church buildings, so we moved it to a location where we could commune together). In my case the priest thought it to be permissible to have an off-site ceremony, which is rare from what I’ve been told by other parishioners. And no, the parishioners didn’t give us a problem, nor did the members of my church. Both of our families were involved in the service as well, her uncle did a reading from Genesis 2 and my brother did one from 1 Corinthians 13. So basically, it’s up to the individual priest or bishop to do what they think is best, I’m not sure if it has something to do with a difference between Vat 1 or Vat 2 distinctions but the priest was very much okay with our union. It might’ve helped that I wasn’t opposed to raising children within the catholic community but even in my case the priest understood that I was going to be teaching them pretty much everything I can about the canon of scripture, differences in the faith, and that my family will also have an influence on their spiritual upbringing, and so on. From my honest perspective, I think there’s more of a convergence happening within the denominations than everyone likes to admit, from what I’ve seen Catholics wish to commune with us. If your young ones face the same issues I would say it would be a good idea to meet with their significant others before any decisions are made. My wife was open to coming to a Baptist church to commune with me and I was open to going to her parish to commune with her, there needs to be that kind of connection where Christ is the center.
I think the biggest thing is coming to an agreement of where you want to worship. If you get married it could become problematic trying to go to 2 different places on Sunday especially with kids.
Where you go on Sunday seems like a small issue compared to how your kids will see their parents live their faith everyday
Bro, that is part of the denominational divide, you go to different churches.
@@aisherwasher6959 I hear you.. but part of living out faith every day is fostering unity (Ephesians 4:1-3, 1 Corinthians 1:10). What message are we sending a kid if we take the most important aspect of our life and divide when it comes to assembling together on Sunday? It’s bad enough Christians as a whole are so divided, but the least we can do is model that unity within our home.
I say this as someone who married someone from a different denomination btw and put this into practice.
Married a Catholic girl who went to church every Sunday. We started going to a community church together and she gave her life to Christ. As a practicing Catholic she never had a real relationship with Christ, or was all about tradition and reverence God but missing the good news. Her parents were not happy, but realized the change in her and are glad our marriage is centred around Christ. As practicing Catholics for over 60 years I have began to also see a change in them, focusing on their relationship with Christ. It’s beautiful to see man. Being on the same page before marriage is very important, and men need to lead more. We need to submit to Christ so that we can love our wives who are a gift from God, like Christ loves his Church.
If it's Protestants denomination it's not really a problem
But I think if you're Catholic or Orthodox you shouldn't because it's better for the family to be united in everything they do.
Plus as a good parent you would want to raise your children in what you believe is right and when both parents idea of right is different it may cause problems in the child development
It depends... My brother was seriously dating a protestant girl who believed he was living in sin because he had to take his ADHD pills. They couldn't work through that.
yeah especially when it comes to stuff like baptizing babies or not, baptists and non-denominationals are really opposed while it is a tradition in all the older ones so that would obviously create conflict
I wonder if there would be any problems between a Confessional Lutheran (High Church) and a Reformed Baptist (Low Church). Sure they may be united on essential matters like the Trinity and Sola Fide but Lutherans believe in the full presents of Christ in the Eucharist and that you can lose your salvation whereas Reformed Baptists do not. There’s also the issue of confessing your sins to a pastor which Lutherans do but Baptist do not.
It depends on the protestant denomination. A Lutheran is much closer to Catholicism than a pentecostal would be.
@@oshingi I would say that was more down to that person's idea of taking tablets and their views of ADHD and perhaps those kinds of conditions, than whether they're protestant. I'm on my journey to diagnosis re both Autism and ADHD. (Not from watching Tic toc videos) And I'm Protestant and I have no issue with people taking medication for ADHD nor would many other protestants. It possibly depends on the specific teaching of their Christian teacher.
Actually, the Catholic Church isn't one of the many denominations. She was the original Church that Our Lord made.
Amen
Orthodox was the first catholic
Ya I kinda rolled my eyes when he said that but that said Ruslan is the man and his heart is in the right place
Amen 🙏🏻
False, please repent for your idolatry.
I believe there might be some differences even within the Protestant faith. For instance, I’m a Lutheran, and my girlfriend was an apostolic. We had countless discussions about the sacraments (Lord’s Supper, baptism), charismatic gifts, eschatology, and more. Things have been great between us, but I can totally see how things could have gone awry in other situations. Choosing your battles wisely is definitely the best advice, but it can definitely work if both of you are spiritually mature and on the same page.
I was raised Catholic and my wife was raised Non-denominational. We settled on Classical Protestantism.
Where I see it really becoming an issue is once you get married, and children come into play. For instants, I am eastern orthodox, and when you get married, and have kids, you basically pledge to say that you will raise your children in the orthodox faith. From my understanding, the same goes for Catholicism. If you have children in your marriage, and one of you is Catholic, you pledge to raise the children in the Catholic Church.
Matthew 7:14 KJV
[14] because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
This chapter and verse is so important and is written in red for a reason. Jesus is the only one who can save. Lay our thoughts and ways down to Him only
@@steph_lynn hey just wanted to say that the red markings are important but it was addded a very long time after the fact, but it indeed us most important to focus on Christ, God bless!!
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This is a great question. A situation im currently in.
My husband and I have been married for four years and when I first met him while looking for a husband, one of my only important things on, my list was for him to be a Christian. We dated for a year and got married for whatever reason we never had a deep conversation of what our beliefs were. Turns out that his KJV ONLY. I’ve been a Christian since the age of three and when we met, I was going to a prosperity Church. I believe in the importance of submitting to My Husband and I love and respect him so much. Even posting this makes me feel im disrespecting him and it’s not my intent.
Furthermore, during the pandemic, I discovered that I very much love apologetics and dig deep into Theology. I no longer would attend a prosperity church.
Since day one, I question his KJV only theology, but he will absolutely not budge and will not even talk about it. It’s been a huge struggle to turn to my husband as my spiritual guide as it’s meant to be, nonetheless, not believing in his theology. There’s nothing that I would want more than to be able to sit down and have a Bible study with My Husband but it turns into a fight every time so now unfortunately we study on our own. It’s the secondary beliefs we strongly disagree on. So I always give in. The bad part is that it doesn’t change what I believe I know and in little ways it’s hard to respect him. But God’s orders are for me to respect my husband. out of that respect, we teach our kids. (Blended family.) his beliefs, as head of the house. Worst of the worst part. Is we don’t attend ANY Church. It brakes my heart.
I will never ever leave him. He is a very God-fearing man. And to be honest, this is the only thing that comes between us.
But it is still something that comes between us. I pray to God all the time for it.
Please if I can extend any advice to others while getting to know each other. Have those hard conversations!!!
And pray!!! I will always believe that having God in the center of our marriage is the only thing that keeps it going.
As someone who married a mormon before understanding what mormonism is (I believed the "we are christians too"), and granted neither of us were deep in our faiths at the time we got engaged, I would say it is very important to iron these things out before you commit yourselves. I love my wife, but it'd be false to say it hasn't brought undo stress over the last few years. I am praying, and leaning on God to use this to bring us both closer to Him, and learning to get out of my way. So to say I had power over all this from the beginning would also be false. Lean on Him.
“Can two walk together, except they be agreed?”
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As stated, theological differences can be an issue, but styles of worship can be equally large as well. If one person from a high church liturgical tradition and the other is from a "seeker friendly" church neither is likely to be comfortable in the others worship service.
Not unless they each take time to learn from each other.
Wait, people are getting dates?
Hope so-they’re DELICIOUS😂
Being a new catechumen in the Eastern Orthodox Church I’ve thought about this a decent amount. It’s hard for me to be in this hardcore mindset of “oh you can only be with someone that’s Eastern Orthodox” because look at Christianity in United States. There’s not many Orthodox Christians and the ones coming here are only men like me. The women here are either old or are younger like me but are married and came into the Church with their husband and they converted together. If I’m going to be in this hardcore mindset the only way I’m going to find someone is if I move to the East to a Balkan or Slavic country like Romania, Serbia, Georgia, Moldova, etc. where 80-90% of the Christians are Eastern Orthodox and the likelihood of me moving is very slim 😂
Don’t compromise. It never works out
@ How do you know I’m saying to “compromise.” Maybe there’s a possibility she will see how much theosis or deification I go through. Maybe she’ll notice how much Christ has transfigured me and she might possibly be ask “what is this thing called Orthodox Christianity?”
Very much agree with your take on these things.
My mum married a non-Christian man (no one around her counseled her about this, very cultural Christian local church, unsure her minister was Christian). Though they had other differences, this was the main difficulty in their marriage. For me I know from experience why I wouldn't want to marry a non-Christian as well as from Scripture. It also helped me see how difficult it is when parents are not both moving in the same direction.
You really need to know what you believe and why and how important those individual beliefs are to you and the other person, not just the denomination they belong too.
Correct, we as the body of christ have to find more ways to unite rather then the opposite. Together we stand, divided we fall.
Catholics be calling all non catholics essentially jv Christians, at least the Catholics I've spoken to end up telling me I'm like maybe, maybe not saved cuz I'm not in the one true Church. It's funny that the couple of Orthodox people I've talked to just seem happy to talk with someone who believes in Jesus about Jesus haha
Catholic here, sorry about my fellow Catholics. I hope all who love Jesus and follow his commandments should trust God will save them as He promised in the Gospels 🙌🏾
@@Life-er6mqI appreciate your sentiments, but there are councils considered infallible by the Church that anathematize those who don’t hold to Catholic dogmas. Those you are apologizing for are simply in good keeping with Catholicism.
I am ex-Church of Christ, I have seen where people within the Church of Christ view themselves as the one true church and everybody else is Hell bound.
The same is true for Protestantism towards Catholics, don't kid yourself. Do a quick RUclips search on whether many Evangelicals/Protestants see Catholics/Orthodox as Christians.
Because the Orthodox have a strict rule of no condemnation or judgement. Yes we believe we’re the one true Church Christ established, and we believe we have the fullness of the Faith. That being said, it doesn’t mean we believe everyone outside of it is hellbound though, people not in the Church are just missing out on the sacraments which are important but not a salvation issue. At the end of the day Christ will have mercy on the faithful ones, wether found in an Orthodox Church, Protestant Church or Catholic Church
As Catholic I think it would be okay, but probably not a great idea for a Catholic man to marry a non-Catholic woman, however I don't see how it would be permissible for a Catholic woman to marry a non-Catholic man. As the man is the spiritual head of the household.
Also, why would anyone hold to a faith they did not believe was the fullness of truth? Should everyone believe their faith is the fullness of truth? And if they believe their faith t be the fullness of truth, shouldn't they try and share the gospel with others? You kind of made it sound like believing your faith is better is a bad thing, but isn't it obvious everyone does otherwise they would have a different faith?
No denominations ONLY Relationship with JESUS!
Tío, bájale. 🤣
So no scripture?
As a Catholic, would I marry a Protestant if she agreed that we got married in a Catholic Church by a Catholic priest, raised our kids to be Catholic, and she could maintain her faith (whatever denomination it is) & I’d never push to convert her? Yes, absolutely to that.
Also as a Catholic, if I married an Orthodox Christian instead, and marry in a Catholic Church by Catholic priest, and I’d share my catholic faith with kids best that I could, but, would I be opposed if she also taught them Orthodoxy and eventually they chose Orthodoxy over Catholicism? Yes, I’d be 100% fine with that as well. But as you can see, there is a difference between marrying someone who is Orthodox vs someone who is Protestant.
If she believes other denomination why would she want to raise her kids as catholics? You're naive if you think you wouldn't have problems about it eventually.(Unless she picked her denomination without a real reason)
So long as there is no tribalism, then I don't see an issue with it.
But there’s very basic things that different denominations do radically differently. Such as baptism. Infant or adult? That’s a huge issue.
I don’t understand this. When you say “no tribalism” do you mean having no beliefs? Not caring if those beliefs are true or having no conviction about those beliefs? Can I extend this to other faiths as well?
@@Deathbytroll What I mean by 'tribalism' is letting your opinions/beliefs on tertiary/secondary issues cause friction in relationships(ie KJV onlyism, eschatology, tattoos, etc). So long as the core issues(ie God's sovereignty, the trinity, Christ the savior, etc) are in order than I don't see a problem with dating outside your denomination. I'll give you an example, I'm a Baptist but God may have an Anglican, Methodist or a Presbyterian be the woman he has in mind for me, yeah we probably won't agree on everything but so long as we believe the core things then I'm certain we'd compromise.
I think it depends on how different the denominations are from one another. For example, a Nazarene dating/marrying either a Methodist or a Wesleyan probably wouldn't be a major issue. A SDA dating or marrying a Roman Catholic would lead to bigger controversies.
One could call it a Great CONTROVERSY
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Dating and marrying someone from a different denomination can be challenging, especially since marriage is built on unity. It becomes even more complicated when children are involved-deciding where to worship often means one person must compromise. Additionally, raising kids with differing beliefs can create confusion, forcing them to wrestle with which faith is correct rather than growing up with parents unified on key theological issues. Personally, I wouldn’t want to date someone from a denomination with radically different beliefs, as that could lead to being unequally yoked. I really think it does depend, but it’s definitely something you should pray about and seek wisdom about if you’re getting serious with someone of a different denomination.
It also depends on which denominations are in question. Having a Lutheran and a Presbyterian or Anglican might work OK since doctrines are similar enough and the traditions are similar enough, similar to say a Baptist and most non-denominationals since they're usually Baptist without the label already. But if a Baptist and a more traditional denomination get married, there might be issues to resolve such as if you'll baptize the kids as babies or adults (Baptists and the traditional branches like Lutheran and Presbyterian have opposite takes on a lot of things despite them all being protestant). None of these issues are deal breakers, but they need to be resolved before things move forward.
It really depends like Ruslan pretty much alluded to. A Baptist can marry a Pentecostal as long as that Pentecostal isn’t one of the weird ones where if you don’t speak in tongues, you’re not saved for instance. If a Baptist church is cool having a Pentecostal church over as guests is a pretty good indication for an example.
The Catholic position is 3 fold (this is from a Catholic male perspective as they are the head of the family):
1. If you marry a person who has been baptized in the Christian faith, it is valid and sacramental.
If you marry a non-baptized, non-Christian, your marriage is valid but non sacramental.
2. You both have to do a pre-marriage counseling course (even Catholic + Catholic requires it) so you understand the commitment you are making. And to affirm that you will respect each other's religious practices. So if your Lutheran wife wants to keep being a Lutheran you can't hector her e.g. telking to get off"the JV team"
3. The Catholic has to make a good will promise to remain Catholic and teach your children the faith. But again, your spouse can 100% say "I'm good at Calvary" and you have to respect that.
**there is also a blessing from the Bishop that is requested during the counseling and no one can find an instance of that ever being denied so it genuinely is pro forma since the priest has already determined you both are sincere in your love and commitment for one another**
It's not as much as it may seem, but its important as this is where they remind you this is very likely your only bite at the marriage apple.
There's some research (from the UK, I think) which says that when the parents are from two different denominations the children are more likely than become unbelievers.
I think it's the disunity that's the problem, which is to say that parents going to different churches, and disagreeing about lifestyle and core theological emphases can have a negative impact.
More obviously, studies also show that when the parents are of completely different religions, or when one of them is a Christian and the other is an atheist, the likelihood of the children becoming Christians is even lower.
No its not okay if your beliefs do not align. The bible says so.
That’s between a believing and a non-believing spouse.
What a great question
It depends on the denomination. I think it would be very difficult for a cessationist and a continuationist to be married. Even the type of church they would want to attend would be very different. On top of that, if you were to study the Bible together, many topics are going to be looked at from different lenses. It would be hard to be in unity once you got into the weeds and outside salvific topics. Then, you add in kids and you have one side that believes many gifts of the Spirit have ceased and another side that is proclaiming all the gifts of the Spirit are for today, that is going to cause some real tension bringing up those kids. Not only that, but probably going to cause those kids a lot of confusion.
Im from LA,was actually raised in the Churches of Christ. My father was a popular COC preacher. My wife grew up Episcopal/Catholic. I’m also a church guitarist lol (churches of Christ don’t have instruments) I’m sure none of this seems congruent but I grew up open minded because my father wasn’t a traditional COC preacher so I don’t hold the belief that they are the only church and my wife is also open minded. So while there are PEOPLE we hold near and dear from those respective belief systems, we decided to join a church that isn’t either of our original denominations and grow together.
If you're fimilar with the show "Duck Dynasty", they're Church of Christ. Their church has 2 different services, (1) a capella and other (2) instrumental.
Myself, I am ex-Church of Christ. In my experience, I have seen that some "Church of Christ" sees themselves as the only "Christans", and everybody else is Hell bound.
I can tell you that it makes a marriage harder than it should be. There’s already an uphill battle to make a marriage successful. Starting off with different ideas about worship is just going to add to that . Especially when children enter the picture. Just my 2 cents. God bless .
Tear 1 Issues: Salvation, who Jesus is, and who God is: these are the essential of Christianity and the deal breakers and should tell you clearly weather you should even date someone or not.
Tear 2 issues: Denominations, female pastors, gifts of the spirit, tongues, end times theology… These are not deal breakers. While it is not sinful to date someone that disagrees with you on any of these, it is unwise and it might make it difficult to worship at the same church together
Tear 3 issues: unimportant negligent disagreements on bible verses and perhaps taste in musical genres, we should get passed these
Taken from Apply God’s Word by Mark B.
Non denominational and wife pk pentecostal that leans on property..deliverance ministry ect and its been a struggle cause I love theology but the Lord is working in both of us.
It will add an extra layer that a couple will have to deal with and come to terms with.
Yes... as long as they swear allegiance to Jesus as the Messianic God-man (2nd person of the Trinity) who died for our sins (ignoring atonement model differences).
Different denominations will create conflict... but could also be an opportunity to have our theology challenged/corrected.
I am a hard NO on all 5 points Calvinism - which would create a problem if they are convinced - so I'm not going to date a Calvinist as I don't want either of us to be trying to "convert" each other - that's the Holy Spirit's job. I think she would probably be a believer but I don't think that system accurately reflects God's character and nature as shown in the Bible... and I doubt I would convince her otherwise.
My mother in law is SDA and my father in law is Catholic. Some might see them as unequally yoke and my MIL is a firm believer in observing the Sabbath (Saturday) but they found a way to make it work and they both love the Lord; just worship differently.
It's what Bible says. Catholics arent Christians same for alot SDAs who follow Ellen Whites teaching who was false prophet.
@@luv2luvujc SDA are not Christian and Catholic Church was founded by Jesus
Good afternoon everybody
Already experienced it first hand with my parents. Mum still believes cathics are pagan. All my siblings are baptized as a catholic and 2 of them and i are confirmed to the church but then we later got baptized as baptists on our teens. Asking religeous questions always sparks arguments between my parents to a point that its just taboo. And we pretty much only went to baptist/evangelical churches. Only I have moved back to catholicism after seeking the truth and what the early christians believed. Viva Christo Rey
I think its "okay" but not "ideal." The main points are if both parties believe the same exact core foundational Christian values.
Also, it is not a good idea for a Christian to marry non-Christians. Im astonished when i hear of a Christian marrying someone of a different faith.
Gotta stay Equally Yoked as scripture states.
This is such a difficult question. First, if you are in love, you need to pray to God. I’m Catholic and believe Jesus started our Church, so I advise my kids not to date non-Catholics, but love is extremely powerful and each child will have to decide.
Ruslan, I disagree with the second part with date an Orthodox or Catholic. Yes, "counting the cost" was broadly defined. But Ruslan We as Christians should enjoy Truth. So if you are a Protestant dating a Catholic or an Orthodox, I believe "counting the cost" would be research in your own faith.
Today, Ruslan, many Protestants don't even know why they are called Protestant. If someone explains why they believe what they believe, through actually living the life of Christ, Scripture, historic truth, etc. I believe these conversations can be fruitful.
When DATING, there are two things happening. Who your Submitting too or who you are Leading. If the foundation the individual your dating is on sand and doesn't present living a life as Christ, then stop dating that person. That would be my awnser on "A hill to die on".
We grow and learn. Some people find The One on the first try, others, it may more take time.
Hasn’t worked out that good for me.
I just think the body of Christ takes their denomination way too hard and that’s why many people have a hard time finding someone honestly. Need to learn to compromise and work together even if you have difficulties theologically
What do you think about Churches of Christ? I heard a Christian RUclipsr say that they aren't a true church because they hold no creed but Christ and that baptism by immersion saves.
If that is true then the thief on the cross was lief to and he got a big problem and he is really hot
Lied to*
As an ex-Church of Christ, I believe now that water baptism doesn't save. We have to be baptized by the Holy Spirit!!
No one who trusts in their works will enter into life.
Ephesians 2:8
For me I likely wouldn’t marry anyone that isn’t Catholic. I would have to get married in The Catholic Church and specifically at. TLM Church.
@2:42 timestamp I have to disagree. Whatever branch of Christianity you go to, there is ALWAYS the implication that they are worshipping Jesus the right way or at least more accurately. So for example, Protestantism, the whole reason for the "Reformation" is because these ancient groups like Catholic and Orthodox have gone astray from "biblical" Christianity and preach a false view of justification and have idolatrous practices. I'm talking about the OVERALL system here, not individual Catholic/Orthodox parishes. So IF those systems are indeed false, we should become PROTESTANT. If PROTESTANTISM, the OVERALL system, that preaches SOLA FIDE and SOLA SCRIPTURA is false, Protestants and Baptists and Evangelicals, have an obligation to return to the historic Christian churches that existed prior to the "Reformation". It is NAIVE to think we are all worshipping equally validly, someone is lacking from what Christ intended inherently between these systems of worship. Now if we look WITHIN the Protestant system itself, we see that denominations are not equally valid. Some will worship more accurately than others, some will even have false gospels under the LOOSE PROTESTANT umbrella. Like Easy-Believism or Liberal Protestant communities. And even Protestantism done correctly, fundamental and conservative towards biblical inerrancy and inspiration and understand the correct view of SOLA FIDE. The claims of "Reformation" and understanding the Biblical narrative and how to worship, the Baptists/Evangelicals reject the Lutheran and Anglican understanding of how to follow and worship Jesus even though they might have the correct understanding of justification in contrast to Catholic/Orthodox systems' false views. Vice Versa for Lutherans and Anglicans towards Baptists and Evangelicals. Like for example, understanding New Testament doctrines of baptism and lord's supper. The unity Protestants have in their SOLA FIDE in the 21st century does not resemble the unity the apostles and their worship communities of the 1st century, who would have been on the same page about not only justification, but also Baptism and the Lord's Supper. Because the apostles were told to make disciples of all nations, teach them everything Christ taught the apostles, and baptize the disciples and the nations in the Holy Trinity, and we also see One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism by Paul in Ephesians. So the worship communities started by the 12 apostles would have been on the same page about these things because the 12 apostles learned about Baptism and the Lord's Supper from the SAME Jesus and Holy Spirit. Therefore, within Protestantism, there will be denominations more consistent in their claims of Reformation and as a result understand the Bible more accurately. The question becomes, how far can you deviate from authentic Christianity and still be considered united to Christ and experience a sanctifying relationship at least in some sense. I personally draw the line with the three major branches and reject SDA, Mormon and JW systems.
If your spouse would have disagreements concerning the sacraments that’s a significant difference. I don’t think it’s wise to marry someone who Doesn’t believe the same things you do about baptism and communion, because when you have Children who are they going to trust? If the parents are divided on even minor things when it comes to theology why would anyone expect the children to have a strong faith?
Read the Bible, submit to God, it's not hard.
The Holy Spirit teaches all things, he isn't divided.
No professing believer should be having "20 different versions of scripture"
@ Amen I agree
As the song says “it was the greatest mixup that you have ever seen. For my father, he was orange and my mother, she was green.”
If you can’t agree on principle theological issues either hash it out until you do, or find someone else.
I married a Catholic woman. I was raised evangelical .. I align myself more with the Calvary Chapel folks. My wife gave in and she “converted” to evangelical. She’s learning and growing, so it worked out 👍🏽
Be not unequally yolked
sorry to hear that, may both of you return to the Catholic faith
Is it okay for people in general to date different races? That is another question and topic that is mentioned in the Bible.
Hello everybody
My wife wasn’t even saved when we started dating.
I told her we were going to get married, she was going to get right with Jesus and we were gonna make babies.
On kid number 3.
Amen 🙏
This isn't a model anyone should follow. It worked for you and that is great. Glory to God. But for 99% of people dating a non-believer is a bad idea. Do not be unequally yoked.
@ so, don’t do it. Stay single.
@ I'm married. And I actually dated across denominations. No shame to anyone who has married a non-Christian, but as a Christian dating another Christian is the wise thing to do.
Can it happen? Yes. Good idea? No. I say this as someone whose wife wasn’t even really Christian when we got married. All the cross denominational stuff does is confuse children and your own spirituality. Praise God my wife and I are joining Orthodoxy together now but you either don’t take your theology seriously enough and transmit that to your children or you take your theology seriously and it becomes a point of conflict
Always a problem for the children of these couples; how does a child choose a church without hurting one of their parents? The children are the collateral damage always.
I'm reformed. You won't see me with a Roman Catholic or a tongue speaker or demon slayer. Preference though.
As long if he or her is on fire for Yeshua and has family traditions and reads the Bibles and prays for there friends and family that’s a real one but please read the early church fathers
If a men or women is in Lord we can marry a person according to 1 Peter
If they truly love Jesus it shouldnt really matter. In my opinion.
What if shes not a Christian but shes on board taking our kids to church
Here's a problem, what if (heaven forbid) you pass away? Then your children probably wouldn't go to church.
What about reading the Bible and scripture? It's more than just church on Sunday. How will you answer lifes questions?
I don’t know if this is a question for your specific situation but If she’s knows love she knows God, don’t let anybody tell you otherwise. I wasn’t “Christian” when I got with my wife but I knew God and now I am. If she is down for raising kids up to know God she is a keeper, maybe the kids faith will bring her to faith. I say do it. But I’m not a fundamentalist so 🤷♂️
Catholics are not a denomination 😂 they’re the original Christian history orthodoxy also holds that original church with conviction everyone else is a new idea just like the Protestant new age belief systems with a S
It’s funny to say that when you have Protestants that believe in living a life that is prescribed in the Bible as the word of God.
But Hail Mary right? That’s biblical.
Catholic old name with satanic practices Protestants new name with old practices especially if it’s a biblically based church.
Don’t forget the pope is super progressive too before you mention false progressive churches.
*Very simple question no.*
Every single denomination JVs every other denomination. Nothing new here.
Souds loke you were both previously Catholic prior to marriage
Its severely ill advised. Not forbidden but not smart either.
This dude thinks he represents Protestants, impossible
The real answer is don’t do it
I grew up in a Calvary chapel, my wife grew up Assemblies of God . If you’re following Gods design for marriage, I think it will all work itself out!
As long he is christian,we good to go.
No
Easter Orthodox here. predenominatiol. We are not gonna agree here.
My mom is a Baptist, and my dad was a Catholic. But my dad was converted by my mom to become a Baptist.
Sorry to hear that
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Catholics ain’t really the same they depend on works
Depend on works? 😂 we don't believe works gets us to Heaven. That's called Pelagianism and the Church condemned that.
@@dominicewing8940you do tho you believe if ya don’t show up to mass and all that your damned
you are either trolling or your knowledge of scripture is lacking or you were misled. In the gospels, the 'works' they are referring to are works of the law. One absolutely must have works of love, of charity and mercy. These are things you do because of your love of neighbor. And please don't bother replying if you are going to tell me our salvation is a gift from God- that is Catholic teaching. But one MUST love, be merciful and show charity.
@@fre7717 Yeah a lot of protestants just feel icky about hearing the words "one must" they see it as a work but the funny thing is that us as Protestants will say that faith without works is dead faith, and if you have true faith then works will follow I think it might just be semantics because the outcome at the end is the same.
@@EnduranceinChristJesus you genuinely don't know what we believe...
1. The Church does not teach that works get us to heaven. Again that's called Pelagianism and the Church has condemned that a long time ago.
2. Not attending mass is a sin because God is owed worship. If we do not worship God that is a sin, thus knowingly and willingly failing to attend Mass (worship God) is a sin.
3. We don't believe someone is damned by not attending Mass and "all that." There are certain actions or inactions that can cause the relationship to be strained or separated, but we cannot really presume to know who is and isn't saved.
4. The relationship between Works and Faith are intertwined with each other. Works alone will not get you to heaven. Faith alone (mental/intellectual assent of belief) will not get you to heaven. However accepting and cooperating with God's grace, and having a faith that produces good works will/can get you there.