Why Does the Catholic Church Ordain Only Men to the Priesthood? Part Three[Cath/Orth/Angl Caucus]

Catholic Exchange.com ^ | 02-04-07 | Fr. Kyle Schnippel

[Salvation]

**(I'm a seminarian in a conservative Presbyterian school) who firmly believe in male leadership in the Church. I'd say among the under 35 crowd, it is largely not even a major issue--so deep is the conviction on it. Funny how solid reason, true tradition, and scriptural exegesis can end in the same place, isn't it my Roman Catholic brethren?**

I think the younger crowd in all these denominations is coming back to the strictness and basics of our forefathers. This is also very true with the Catholic seminarians, by the way.

[narses]

+

Freep-mail me to get on or off my pro-life and Catholic Ping List:

Add me / Remove me

Please ping me to all note-worthy Pro-Life or Catholic threads, or other threads of interest.

There has been a long and often close relationship between
the Anglican and Catholic Churches. In certain situations
there remains a mutual recognition of the validity of key
doctrines, liturgies, and practices. And the Catholic
Church continues to hold the faith and moral teachings as
taught by the Apostles.

I understand that there is also an Anglican Use liturgy
within the Catholic Church, wherein the Book of Common Prayer
is used for the Mass (with minor updates). So there is no need
to lose the liturgy Anglicans may be familiar with.

Resources for those interested in the Catholic faith:

Catholic Answers
www.catholic.com
A superb site for clearing away the myths propagated by too many.
Offers free on-line library that examines all the major issues,
free on-line archive of over 1,500 hours of radio/audio material,
plus magazines, books, pamphlets, tracts, videos, and more.

Coming Home Network
www.chnetwork.org
Provides fellowship, encouragement and support for Protestant
pastors and laymen who are somewhere along the journey or
have already been received into the Catholic Church.

Biblical Evidence for Catholicism
www.biblicalcatholic.com
Dave Armstrong's monster site. Eclectic, fun, exhaustingly
detailed, personal, moving, and more.

And may God bless your journey where ever it takes you.

posted on 08/05/2003 5:19 PM PDT by polemikos

[D-fendr]

Yes, the thread is somewhat about the difference between men and women in the RC versus other churches.

So, yes, the parameters are narrowed down, necessarily so by the topic, IMHO.

[TitansAFC]

Is this a joke?

I mean, besides the pretty CLEARLY stated Pauline Doctrine on the issue in Paul's letters, we have a wealth of Church history on the issue.

Is it so hard to believe that God created man and woman equal, each with unique and blessed spiritual roles? In this case, Pastorship (Priesthood) is a role biblically unique to men.

Why is that so hard to understand?

Why does the Church ordain only men? Because the primary source of the Church's Christianity is the Bible. It is not as if Paul was neutral on the issue, or ambiguous.

Sheesh!