Do Christians recognize Mormon baptism?

 Do Christians recognize Mormon baptism?

https://www.archbalt.org/vatican-ruling-on-mormon-baptism-clarifies-catholic-practice/#:~:text=In%20its%20commentary%2C%20the%20Vatican,regarded%20as%20a%20Christian%20baptism.

In its commentary, the Vatican said that even though the Mormon baptismal rite refers to the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, the church's beliefs about the identity of the three persons are so different from Catholic and mainline Christian belief that the rite cannot be regarded as a Christian baptism.

In church law marriages are considered sacramental only if both parties are baptized.

If the non-Catholic party is not baptized, the marriage is not sacramental. It is not a valid marriage unless certain conditions have been fulfilled and the bishop has given a dispensation for it.

Church law adds, “If at the time the marriage was contracted one party was commonly held to have been baptized or the baptism was doubtful, the validity of the marriage must be presumed … until it is proven with certainty that one party was baptized but the other was not.’’

Franciscan Father Arthur J. Espelage, executive coordinator of the Canon Law Society of America, said for many years now the Vatican Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments had held that Mormon baptisms were not valid and called for baptism of converts from that church.

But he said that for questions of validity of a marriage between a baptized Christian and a member of the Latter-day Saints, the doctrinal congregation regarded it as a sacramental marriage; it “would not grant the Petrine privilege’’ by which the pope can dissolve a nonsacramental marriage in favor of the faith of the baptized party.

“The Holy Father could never dissolve a sacramental marriage,’’ he said, but now cases involving a Mormon partner may be resolved by dissolution of the previous marriage, avoiding the more difficult and not always successful alternative of seeking an annulment.

Monsignor Fitzgerald said when dealing with marriage cases involving Mormons, “previously we assumed that they were baptized validly; now we will assume that the LDS person is not baptized.’’

Bishop Trautman noted that such issues can get complicated. He said one would have to explore, for example, whether the Mormon had first been validly baptized in a Christian church and later converted to the Latter-day Saints.

He said his committee did not investigate how other Christian churches deal with the question of the validity of Mormon baptisms.

In a published commentary on the issue the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America concluded that Mormon teaching is so “substantially different’’ from Christian belief that “Christian baptism has not taken place’’ in a Mormon baptism.

Paulist Father Ronald Roberson, associate director of the U.S. bishops’ Secretariat for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs and an expert on Orthodox churches, said none of the Orthodox churches regard Mormon baptism as valid.

Copyright (c) 2001 Catholic News Service/U.S. Catholic Conference

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Do Catholics accept Mormon baptisms?

Even in regard to these last elements it is clear that the Baptism of Mormons cannot be considered valid; since it is not Christian Baptism, the minister cannot have the intention of doing what the Catholic does.

https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_con_cfaith_doc_20010605_battesimo_mormoni-ladaria_en.html#:~:text=Even%20in%20regard%20to%20these,doing%20what%20the%20Catholic%20does.

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How are Mormons and Christians different?

One of the preeminent responses given by non-Mormons of why Mormons are not Christian is they do not believe in the Trinity. Ostling and Ostling state that the LDS Church rejects the Jesus Christ of Christian orthodoxy in that they believe that God the Father is greater than Jesus.

https://www.luthercollege.edu/university/academics/impetus/winter-2013-impetus/is-mormonism-christian/#:~:text=One%20of%20the%20preeminent%20responses,Father%20is%20greater%20than%20Jesus.

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Do Mormons recognize the Virgin Mary?

The Latter Day Saint movement teaches that Mary was the mother of Jesus. Latter Day Saints affirm the virgin birth of Jesus but reject the Catholic doctrine of the perpetual virginity of Mary. They also believe that the brothers of Jesus were her and Joseph's biological children.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latter_Day_Saint_views_on_Mary#:~:text=The%20Latter%20Day%20Saint%20movement,and%20Joseph's%20biological%20children.
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