To: SMEDLEYBUTLER; Salvation; Libertarianize the GOP
I did not say being a Greek Catholic or Greek Orthodox meant you were a swinger. It still is one up on Latin rite Catholics that Eastern Rite or Greek Catholics enjoy while being considered full Catholics too. Also I have read that priests in teh Latin rite can be married before they are priests like those that convert from Lutherans for instance but once Catholic they have to be married and celibate. I will look that up in teh Catholic Encyclopedia and I am not sure if I understood the point correctly. The Greek Catholic (nothing to do with Greek ethnicity) priest once married and a priest can have children. Divorce in some Eastern Catholic branches also allow divorce along most of the lines of Greek Orthodox.
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05/28/2002 9:57:03 AM PDT by
Spar
To: Spar
Also I have read that priests in teh Latin rite can be married before they are priests like those that convert from Lutherans for instance but once Catholic they have to be married and celibate. I will look that up in teh Catholic Encyclopedia and I am not sure if I understood the point correctly.You misunderstood. Incidentally, not all married Protestant clergy who convert to Catholicism and request ordination in the Latin Rite end up getting their request granted.
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