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To: Salvation

How dare the Hierarchy create such an open Hypocracy and expect the morale of Catholic Priests to remain high.

In order to lead people in any work situation, the rules must be equal and fair through out the work environment or anger and Chaos will prevail.

I’ve spent my life leading men and such a prospect like this is intolerable.

These Guys in the Vatican are Nuts.


9 posted on 10/25/2009 4:50:40 PM PDT by chatham
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To: chatham

Celibacy does not cause or create hypocrisy, it is the homoesexuality that does that.

I don’t think the priests, Bishops and Pope are nuts, they are realists and believe that being married in a prophetic sense to the will of God is far preferable than anything early.

Do we think too much as men do and not as God does?


21 posted on 10/25/2009 6:12:39 PM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: chatham

It’s not “hypocrisy.” It’s simply a way of dealing charitably with an existing situation...that is, many of these Anglican ministers who have served as priests and who will receive valid ordination to the priesthood are already married. It is very likely that new vocations even in the new Anglican Rite will not be permitted to marry.

And there are many other issues: for example, what about Anglican clergy who are divorced and remarried? And as for their current married bishops, they will not be consecrated as bishops and will merely be ordained and serve as priests. The bishop is considered to have the fullness of the priesthood and you will note that in the Orthodox Church as well, bishops may not be married.

This is a pragmatic solution. Interestingly, in the Anglo-Catholic movement of 19th century England, many of the young men who went into the priesthood voluntarily chose celibacy. I think you will actually see a deeper understanding of celibacy spreading into the Anglican rite, and that this in turn will reaffirm Latin Rite practice.


47 posted on 10/26/2009 3:24:41 AM PDT by livius
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