y  r some protestants(& other religions)insisting their non-protestant partners 2 b maried in their own church
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Catholics can arrange with priest and minister to co-officiate a wedding ceremony, even if it is at the Protestant church. You must discuss the arrangements well in advance with the priest. \n\nThe love we have for one another is not the same as the love between a husband and wife. One is a commandment, and the other is a sacred covenant, a sacrament.\n\nFor a mixed marriage, refusing the other's right to have a Catholic wedding of whatever form is a serious spiritual imposition. On the other hand, the non-Catholic has nothing to lose by having it done in a Catholic church. The "idols" will not eat you. :0\n\nSince it doesn't seem to really matter to you what church is the true church for you, there would be no logical impediment to having the wedding in the oldest church on the planet, other than plain prejudice.\n\nSome Protestant churches have no sacraments, most have 2. Catholicism upholds Matrimony as of the Seven Sacraments. If it is done outside the Church, sure, its a marriage, but not a sacramental marriage.  As a consequence, that Catholic cannot receive any of the sacraments until the marriage is convalidated (erroneously known as "blessed"). That is why demanding a Catholic to marry outside the Church is so unfair. \n\nI have heard a theologian say that Matrimony is higher calling than Ordination. Hmm... \n\nI have also heard that over 90% of mixed marriages fail in divorce. Hmm...\n\nI don't think she parted from you so much over religion though. I think she parted from you by the way you handle conflicts, judging by your question. \n\nI admire her courage.
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religion or family believes.
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I would object for the one simple reason.  State and Church are seperate.. Although its seems for from it now.  I would not press my beliefs on someone nor should someone else press there beliefs on someone else.  they are more like to turn away and get mad at you for pushing your religions on them.
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Well, I'm not one of those Christians, so I can't really speak for them. If you have sensed that they fear you, I don't get it. I do know some Christians that feel they should disassociate themselves with non-Christians just because they don't have anything in common if they don't even believe in the same God. Also, many families want their kids to be close to other Christians because being around people who believe differently can open up issues that they feel would not come up if they only hang out with Christians. However, only hanging out with kids who go to church won't necessarily keep your kids from sin. Where do you think I learned all of my dirty jokes? (Christian School!) I think, though, that we need to accept those who feel they should be separate....as long as they are the ones to leave the public area instead of them trying to keep others who are different out. Did that make any sense?
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It is best to have someone from a church do it because of it being a Holy Trinity between man and women. What God has join together let no one putth under.
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They are too diverse to list their beliefs though they exists within the possibilities that Protestants believe in.  They tend to be very ahistorical (especially the charismatic sects) and that makes it impossible to track exact beliefs from community to community.  \n\nHowever, a good starter would be to check this site and scroll to the Pentecostal section.\n\nhttp://www.creeds.net
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Why not let the Christians kill each other?\n\nThey have been practise that during the during the Hundreds Years Of War between England and France and when Martin Luther made up a new churches againts the Catholics.\n\nWhy not let them continue????????
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According to the Bible we should beequally yoked. You shouldn't have any expectations of changing the other person's beliefs and vice versa. It becomes difficult down the road when all you have left is what you believe in and they don't believe the same it can lead to division very easily.
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it all started with the protestant reformation brought about by martin luther.  you can read more details by typing in protestant reformation or martin luther into a search engine.  the catholic church took exception and thus the protestants somewhat broke off from the "non-catholic christians".  also, the christians do not acknowledge the apocrypha or "between the testaments" writing that the catholics do as holy scriptures as part of the canon used in worship.
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:) if they say they are not christians. then they are not christians.
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There are alot of confused people in this world. Catholicism IS a Christian denomination, just as Protestant, Lutheran, Methodist, Baptist, etc. are.
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Protestants are any Christians who aren't catholics. It is derived from the Reformation and Martin Luther. The Reformation was Catholics protesting the church's power, thus forming their own branches of Christianity. The Catholic church referred to these people as Protestants with the root word "protest" in there.\n\nAll of this correlates with the invention of Gutenberg's printing press. It made the Bible available to the masses and not just to priests. The masses learned to read and began taking their own interpretations and ideas from the Bible that differed from that of the Catholic church. It was then the Reformation was born and that is how non-catholic Christians became Protestants.\n\nYou can read more about the reformation here...  http://www.educ.msu.edu/homepages/laurence/reformation/index.htm
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There are various reasons why one leaves a church; not all of them have to do with doctrinal disagreements. Sometimes it is just because they move to another area where there isn't a local church of their particular denomination.
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The interesting thing is that the various christian sects can't even agree among them selves.\n\n Many of them see their own particular variety as the one true and only. They even say that they are the only ones going to Heaven. \n\nIf they can't even agree amongst themselves how are the rest of us supposed to believe this nonsense is the truth.\n\nLove and blessings Don
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Too many stories like this----------one of the reasons I left Christianity for another religion.\n\nAnother story--\n\nA couple (unmarried) moved to the fairly small town where my parents lived.  They went to church and quickly tried to become active in it.   My mother proudly told me that the minister (Methodist Church) told them they were not allowed to come to their church anymore as they were living in sin.  If they wanted to be members they must marry first.  They married and became active in the church.  I'd have told them where to go and found another church.\n\nSame church-------several Black women started to come to the church.  This town had only recently ''allowed'' Blacks to move into town------yeah!  In 2004 it was.  My mother's friends commented, ''It's alright.  They sit in the back by themselves, and don't bother anyone''.\n\nThis is the same Methodist Church that has ads on TV saying they are the church of diversity and open doors to all?
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They leave the faith but are not willing to leave the faith alone.
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As far as I know, Jesus never referred to His Church as Catholic or Protestant.  He said "Follow me."\nI am a protestant, but I really don't like to identify myself as a Christian, because of all of the False churches that are teaching anything but what He taught; so if someone asks me what my religion is I say "I follow the teachings of Jesus."