The great majority of the churches of all three groups make provision for their faithful to marry Catholics. The excep- tions are the Coptic, Ethiopian, Eritrean, and Malankara (Indian) Oriental Orthodox Churches, which do not bless interchurch marriages under any circumstances.

Can a Catholic and a Lutheran marry?

Technically, marriages between a Catholic and a baptized Christian who is not in full communion with the Catholic Church (Orthodox, Lutheran, Methodist, Baptist, etc.) Marriages between Roman Catholics and Eastern Catholics are not mixed marriages.