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To: GoLightly; Dr. Eckleburg; ears_to_hear; P-Marlowe; HarleyD; xzins

From one website:

http://cfpeople.org/SeminarianWritings/Sem033.html

By virtue of sacramental consecration, the ordained priest does not simply become a functionary.

This consecration does not set him apart to simply perform certain tasks in the Church. No, by virtue of the sacramental consecration which the priest receives, he is ontologically changed. He is configured to the Person of Jesus Christ, Head and Shepherd, in a new way in his very being. "The relation of the priest to Jesus Christ, and in him to his Church, is found in the very being of the priest by virtue of his sacramental consecration/anointing and in his activity, that is, in his mission and ministry." Just as at Baptism and Confirmation the Christian is sacramentally marked on the soul, so is the man who is ordained a priest marked sacramentally and configured to Christ the Priest.

72 posted on 06/10/2007 3:07:40 PM PDT by 1000 silverlings (Matthew 24:23 Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not.)

To: 1000 silverlings; GoLightly; Dr. Eckleburg; ears_to_hear; P-Marlowe; HarleyD; xzins

I was not aware of that the priest is also a changling. More and more evidence accumulates in support of My Star Trek theory!

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1847830/posts?page=68#68

73 posted on 06/10/2007 3:11:22 PM PDT by pjr12345 (But do you want to know, O foolish man, that faith without works is dead? James 2:20)

To: 1000 silverlings

Absolutely stunning.

75 posted on 06/10/2007 3:23:51 PM PDT by Dr. Eckleburg ("I don't think they want my respect; I think they want my submission." - Flemming Rose)

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