It would seem to me as a Baptist looking in from the peanut gallery that if the RC Church itself doesn't ordain these women or recognize their ordination they aren't going to be priests, or I guess that would be priestesses, in the Church. I would think that any priestly duties they perform will be bogus and meaningless as far as the Church is concerned, and possibly even in the eyes of the law. IOW, I wouldn't consider a marriage ceremony conducted by one of those "priestesses" as a valid, Christian, church sanctioned marriage, or a baptism performed by one of them as a true rite of the Church. Seems to me it's all just politically correct make believe to give the ladies a feeling that they are doing something meaningful to defy what they think is a repressive church hierarchy.
To me, following the scriptural instructions given to the early Church by Jesus himself speaking through the epistles of the Apostle Paul is not repression of women. It's simply acknowledging that Jesus Christ has total, absolute authority to say what is the proper procedure to follow in ordaining ministers in his church which he bought and washed with his own blood. Unfortunately the mainline protestant churches are much farther down this unscriptural but politically correct road than the RC, or my own Baptist denomination which has so far rejected attempts to make it conform to the liberal left's loony tunes ideas of what church doctrine should be instead of what it's Head says it MUST be if it's authentic.
Baptists and Catholics may seem to be strange bedfellows in many respects, but it may eventually come down to the point where we are the only people who still believe that Christ is in charge of running his church and not the PC loony left.
>>Baptists and Catholics may seem to be strange bedfellows in many respect, but it may eventually come down to the point where we are the only people who still believe that Christ is in charge of running his church and not the PC loony left.<<
You are right, see my tagline. We are on the same team when it comes to the culture wars.
From the head of the Anti-Catholic Troll hunters I would like to award you the "Humanitarian of the Day" Award. It's so nice to see someone who does not consider us an enemy.
God Bless you!
These women are Catholic In Name Only. They fall under "latae sententiae", or automatic excommunication. These women either do not know or understand this, or simply don't care. It is likely that a formal excommunication from their bishop, or even the Pope himself would not mean anything to them. They have decided that they will do what they want to, and not what God wants.
As a popular expression, you're spot-on. This is a candidate for CfE's "hit the nail on the head" graphic.
As a matter of historical trivia ... Did you know that actual, legitimate, valid "three dollar bills" have been issued in the past:
back when private banks issued most paper currency? This one, however, is more appropriate to these 'ladies':
In this case Baptists (at least the Independent Baptists) and Catholics are singing from the same page. It's one thing to have a friendly (I hope) argument or two on doctrine . . . but if we don't hang together when it comes to the infidels and liberal loons, we will most assuredly hang separately.
My ggg grandfather was a Baptist deacon - he was probably already spinning in his grave at the thought that I was an Episcopalian, but now that I've turned Papist he's probably up to 3800 RPM and red line . . .
You have the gift of common sense, my friend. Not many self-described Catholics have it.
Thanks for the remarks and viewpoint.
It is impossible for women to be priests in the Roman Catholic Church. Impossible. Even if the Pope himself ordained them they would still not be priests.
It used to be thought that the Episcopal church and the Roman Catholic church were the most similar because of the apostolic succession, apostate though it is, and the virtually identical masses. Now it appears that even with the wide liturgical gulf, the Baptists and the Catholics may be the closest brothers because of the stand on morality issues such as right to life, and innovation like women priestesses and homosexual pandering.