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by bobsgirl on October 28th, 2004

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I am Catholic and my husband is Presbyterian. Is there a denomination that is similar to both that we could join?

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  • by Aldebaran on August 1st, 2006

    Aldebaran

    As a Catholic, you have been blessed (whether you realize it or not) to receive the Catholic faith already.

    Religion is a duty to God and at its core is obedience. Your responsibility to God is to learn your faith and practice it. Christ tells us that it is He who chooses us. And as a Catholic, you need to understand that He is literally in the Catholic Church.

    Your duty to your husband is to live out your Catholic faith. Be an example of true Christian charity; and pray for him.

    You are so lucky that you can talk openly with your spouse about religion. Use this gift to discover the truths of Catholicism.

    Christ establish one, holy, universal, apostolic church. It is a fact of history that the churches from the reformation (Presbyterians, Anglican, etc.) were created by disobedient Catholics in Europe. They were tired of the sinful popes, sinful bishops, sinful priest (of course, they weren't tired of their own sins, but that's another matter). They pridefully thought they could do better, so they defied the Church and started new religions. Their cry of "I will not serve" is still with us today in the form of 30,000+ Protestant denominations (also see Luke 22:31)

    But their logic makes sense, right? I mean, you shouldn't put intermediaries between Christ and Man, especially if they're sinful, right?. So they got rid of the Pope and the bishops and the priests, and Protestants deal directly with God Himself. Seems logical, right?

    But it isn't Catholic. In Catholicism, you have the intermediaries and they are going to be sinners.

    So here's an interesting question: Did Christ foresee that these men (Popes, bishops, priests) would be sinners? Of course He did -- He's God. So then why did he use these people to hold and teach Christianity for 1500 years prior to the reformation? Well, he did it. We know that much for a fact. So let's not worry about WHY he did it -- accept that He DOES it that way. God is. He does not "change His mind". He does not change. He's perfect. He's God.

    Now, everything comes to us through intermediaries: God does not will us directly into existense, He cooperates with our parents. Jesus did not will Himself upon the earth, He came to us through the Blessed Virgin Mary after she freely agreed. God doesn't will food into existense for your children and stick it in your refrigerator, He provides it for them through your work. God doesn't even give santifying grace to anybody walking the planet today directly, He provides this through baptism that needs be administered by someone else -- an intermediary. The list goes on and on and on and on.

    The Catholic way acknowledges the whole person, body and soul, and fully respects God's plan of the use of intermediaries.

    Also, no other Church on earth but the Catholic Church claims to each NO ERROR in faith and morals. Don't you think that alone is worth learning about before you toss Catholicism for some man-made church that arose out of pride and disobedience? (By the way, what follows from pride and disobedience? Death.)

    You need to be united with Peter (the Pope) in Christ's prayer that his faith will not fail (Luke 22:31). You need to have the same faith as the Pope. That means you need to be in communion with the Catholic Church.

    Grab a copy of "Why Do Catholics Do That?" ISBN 0-345-39726-6. You can also write me at city.abq@gmail.com with questions.

    God Bless,

    Jeff

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    • I need help making this huge decision, I love a man so much that our differences is the religion, I am catholic and his Presbyterian. My parents have told him he needs to convert to my religion before we can proceed to anything else, He denied, he said I am fine where I am. I decided to go visit the church , and I need to make a decision, can someone help me,please?
      Should I go against my parents wish? They told me thety will turn disown me or they wont be present for me if I decided to get marry in a Presbyterian Church. What do I do?
      Thank you

      gerason3

      by gerason3 on August 22nd, 2010

    • I am in the opposite situation and stumbled across this site while looking for answers. I am Presbyterian and my boyfriend is Catholic. It is important to him that I convert; however, if I were to become Catholic, it would be a change in title only. It would not alter my core beliefs since they are an integral part of me and how I was raised. I would gladly attend service with him as well as my own service, so why does it have to be so difficult? On the other hand, I do not want him to think he is not important enough for me to convert. It is a tricky situation to which I have not yet found the answer. I suspect your boyfriend feels the same as me.
      Why can't you remain Catholic and he remains Presbyterian and you marry in a neutral location or incorporate both religions into the ceremony?
      My aunt married a Catholic man and she refused to convert. They are perfectly happy and have been married for 30+ years. She goes to her service and he goes to his service. They exposed their son to both religions and let him choose once he was old enough.
      By the way, I find the comment by Aldebaran offensive. Just because you are not Catholic does not mean you are a sinner. That is simply a ridiculous and outdated generalization.
      Hope that helps and maybe provides some insight into your boyfriend's point-of-view.

      Presbyterian421

      by Presbyterian421 on September 30th, 2010

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