Can a Christian who is not Anglican marry someone who is Anglican in the Anglican Church?
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pius ogbaje
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Speaking as a Catholic, if an RC wanted to marry an Anglican, then this is permissable if the Anglican agrees to become RC. This should mean that the Anglican becomes baptised as an RC and udergoes 'training' prior to the marriage. In practice though, this means that the Anglican agrees not to prevent the partner practicing Catholicism and that all subsequent children are baptised and brough up as Roman Catholics. This is the only *real* requirement. Oo, and the marriage has to be a Catholic marriage.
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It depends on whether the Christian is Catholic or Protestant. A Catholic can only marry a baptized Catholic partner. Protestants (Baptists, Pentecostals, Presbyterians, Anglicans, AOG, Methodists, etc.) however are allowed to intermarry between denominations freely, although the closer the denominations are in terms of conservativeness, style of worship, etc. the easier the marriage will be if you are both practicing believers. I am unaware of restrictions placed on Mormons or Jehovah's Witnesses however.
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Yes, and in most dioceses, they may marry in the Church by a priest if one partner is Anglican and the other is a Christian baptized in the name of the Trinity. They may be expected to undergo marriage counseling. (This is true of any couple married in many Anglican churches.) It helps, obviously, if both partners agree on the essentials of doctrine if they plan to make the Church a major part of their lives.
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