Catholic/Protestant Relationships

[livin4christ9203]

Well, I'm posting this in different areas, trying to get thoughts from everyone.. married or not...

I'm talking to a guy who is Catholic and I am protestant. We have gone on a date or two. We really like each other. But, I'm just not sure how this will work with our beliefs. I know that both religions are Christian based and I have nothing against the Catholic religion. I just don't know about it in a relationship. But I am just curious from both sides, how this would work? Have any of you been in a relationship or known anyone in a relationship like this? Good? Bad? How do they make it work? Is it a bad idea? I'd just appreciate any stories, ideas or thoughts on it! Anything you can think of? I'm just really torn on it. I want to make sure we are equally yoked. I just really need some advice and prayers about this.

Thank you so much!

Heather

 

[JesusFreak2008]

Well, I'm posting this in different areas, trying to get thoughts from everyone.. married or not...

I'm talking to a guy who is Catholic and I am protestant. We have gone on a date or two. We really like each other. But, I'm just not sure how this will work with our beliefs. I know that both religions are Christian based and I have nothing against the Catholic religion. I just don't know about it in a relationship. But I am just curious from both sides, how this would work? Have any of you been in a relationship or known anyone in a relationship like this? Good? Bad? How do they make it work? Is it a bad idea? I'd just appreciate any stories, ideas or thoughts on it! Anything you can think of? I'm just really torn on it. I want to make sure we are equally yoked. I just really need some advice and prayers about this.

Thank you so much!

Heather

If it helps, my Grandmother and Grandfather were both Protestant and Catholic and they lasted?

 

[alfrodull]

My fiance is Catholic; I'm protestant. Most of our basic beliefs mesh, obviously. As for the beliefs that don't, we've managed to respect the logic behind the other's opinion.

I'm a bit concerned about raising children, though. Mainly the gender equality thing, which is one of the beliefs that kept me away from Christianity even though I was raised in a Christian home. Since we plan to attend two churches (one Catholic, one Protestant) I think I'll search for a church with a female pastor if we have kids. It's important to me that they understand the...livingness of things, for lack of a better term.

 

[eatenbylocusts]

You need to discuss birth control, raising of kids (if there will be any), which church will you attend? Will you attend church together or alternate? I have cousins who have been married over 40 years; she is Protestant and he is Catholic. She plays the organ at her church and he doesn't go to church with her except for special occasions. Neither one of their kids attends church with their kids. He is a great guy, but I would never want to be going to separate churches and after kids, things get a lot more crazy and I want to be grounded and plugged in to one church.

If church is just a place you go on Sunday then it really isn't a big deal, but if you're part of a growing church that is supposed to be fellowshipping with each other, then it can be at least a lonely experience.

 

[Teufelhund]

I am Catholic, my fiancee is protestant. I am of the opinion that she is the best thing that has ever appened to me. As to the religious sides of the arguement we have some differences but differences of small doctrine are far less important than the faith itself. We are intending to go to two churches so as to both have a grounding in faith, and because it's important for spouses to support each other's spiritual decisions. We have every intention of raising our children in a fashion that it is aware of both faiths, as completely as they can be, so they that they can be best equiped to decide at some point. You will have to get a dispensation though, but it takes a few seconds. And your husband will be expected to raise your children as Catholic, however in my opinion this is not prohibitory of my fiancee teaching our children her beliefs and thus enriching their faith. I apologize if I digress but it can work, like all things it must be made to work and but so does everything worthwhile. And my fiancee, who is alfrodull BTW is clearly the most worth working for.

 

[GQ Chris]

I could not date a Catholic; I am a Protestant and I attend a Foursquare church and I love it there, plus I am an ex Roman Catholic so that doesn't help either, and the RC church has too many things I don't agree with.