[sinkspur]

I suggest that Aliska's view that priests aren't called by God is a view he is free to hold. There is a hierarchy of truths, and priestly calling is far down the list, certainly not in the category of the Trinity or the divinity of Christ.

What you say, of course, is true. But calling someone a "Cafeteria Catholic" because he doesn't subscribe to it is silly.

[Renatus]

What you say, of course, is true. But calling someone a "Cafeteria Catholic" because he doesn't subscribe to it is silly.

If you agree that the call to priesthood is from God is true and if one rejects that truth, then one chooses not to accept a basic teaching of the Catholic Church while accepting others. That's what I believe a "Cafeteria Catholic" to be. Who decides the hierarchy of truths? There is one truth i.e. Jesus Christ. It is for all of us to live in the FULLNESS of that truth.