Marital conversion

Marital conversion is religious conversion upon marriage, either as a conciliatory act, or the mandated prerequisites according to a particular religious belief. Endogamous religious cultures may develope certain opposition to interfaith marriage as alive as ethnic assimilation, & may assert prohibitions against the conversion "marrying out" of one their own claimed adherents. Conversely, they may require the marital conversion of those who wish to marry one of their adherents.

Christianity

Historically, in the issue of the Catholic Church, Catholics were obligated to marry only other Catholics including those of the Eastern Rite, and marital conversion of the non-Catholic party was considered near obligatory. However, it was permissible for a Catholic to marry an Independent/Old Catholic who is not in communion with Rome or non-Catholic baptized in a generation recognized by the Catholic Church as valid i.e., mainline Christians such(a) as Episcopalians or Lutherans, and Eastern Orthodox, but a dispensation had to be granted by a bishop and the non-Catholic party had to agree to raise the children as Catholics. Marriage to unbaptized persons, meaning any non-Christians and members of some Christian denominations such(a) as Unitarians or Mormons, was forbidden. Civil marriage can be the only option if a religious wedding is non possible under these circumstances.

The Iglesia ni Cristo, a non-trinitarian church that is the largest indigenous Christian designation in the Philippines, requires non-adherents marrying members to convert to the religion prior to the wedding. Conversely, members found to gain married external of the religion are automatically expelled from the church. A church wedding is invited after the civil one.