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Do I dare post what is on my mind? Better not. I’ll just sum it up... Satan has a smile on his face...
God bless this former pastor — now priest.
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I, too, am a United Methodist Minister...an ordained elder of many years now. Leaving all the differences aside, I’m surprised at this happening. While I have a friend who went from the UMC to the Episcopal Church, and then would have been eligible for the Roman Catholic priesthood, I had always been told that a direct route was not possible for a Methodist pastor due to the history of our episcopacy and polity.
This is surprising. As I read it, the pastor finished seminary for the Methodists, pastored a while for the Methodists, and then became a deacon with the Catholics, and with 3 years (?) guidance (whatever that means) he is being ordained a Roman Catholic priest.
I wonder why he’s going to Alaska? Could it be due to the Orthodox acceptance of married priests would not have him stand out as all that unusual?
Just thoughts, and none of them designed to be offensive, Titanites. To be honest with you, the United Methodist Church is actively hostile to the Roman Catholic Church in so many ways: ordained females + female bishops, acceptance of abortion at the highest levels, a belief in the reimagining of Christian doctrine for new ages, and most importantly in my mind, a symbolic view of the eucharist by liberal pastors. Add to that a “low church” liturgy compared to Catholicism, and I just don’t see how my former opinion could have been so wrong.
Titan, please understand that even though the above paragraph represents the broad UMC, it is not an indication of my own beliefs. I am a far more conservative, biblical Christian.