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To: Canticle_of_Deborah
Exactly. Thank you.

Seriously, there's a big difference between the wymyn priest thing and the married priest thing. The former is a matter of doctrine, infallibly defined, not negotiable, and at the very core of the nature of the ordained ministerial priesthood. See "Ordinatio Sacerdotalis" for details. The latter is a matter of discipline (particularly in the Latin Rite), and subject to change. I oppose such change, but accept that change could be made without destroying the nature of the Priesthood.

41 posted on 03/17/2004 5:21:34 PM PST by ArrogantBustard (Chief Engineer, Tomas de Torquemada Gentlemens' Club)
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To: ArrogantBustard
" but accept that change could be made without destroying the nature of the Priesthood."

It would not destroy it, but it would be a step downward.
43 posted on 03/17/2004 5:23:01 PM PST by dsc
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