Posted on 09/15/2014 9:01:57 AM PDT by Salvation
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UNIAT CHURCHES
Eastern Christians who profess the same doctrines as the rest of the Roman Catholic Church. Their rites and discipline, however, vary greatly from those of the Latin Rite. Their liturgies originated in Antioch, Alexandria, and Byzantium, and they usually have a married clergy. Nearly all Non-Uniat churches possess corresponding Uniat groups who have reacknowledged their allegiance to the Pope. the expression "Uniat," though found in theological literature, is seldom used by Eastern Catholics. They feel that it implies something less than complete allegiance to the Holy See.
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Why can we not have a married clergy here as well?
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There was always a maxim that the WORST kids in the neighborhood were the kids of cops and MINISTERS.
There was always a maxim that the WORST kids in the neighborhood were the kids of cops and MINISTERS.
Ask your Bishop. I don’t have the answer.
Permanent Deacons can be married. So, in fact, we do have some married clergy.
Deacons
Priesthood
Episcopate
The three levels of ordination.
“There was always a maxim that the WORST kids in the neighborhood were the kids of cops and MINISTERS. “
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Well isn’t that a nice generalization. Good lord.
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People seem to like generalizations. It seems to make the world clearer for them.
Similar generalization: all Muslims are going to Hell.
Steve Ray was an evangelical Baptist minister and he TRULY believed that all us Catholics were doomed to hell. Now, he's Catholic and leads tours (with his wife Janet) to the Holy Land.
His Biblical background was fabulous as he could quote, chapter and verse, every event from the Bible, Old AND New Testament.
Crossing the Tiber is their book on their conversion. Interesting read.
SCOTT HAHN also has an interesting conversion story.
“!There simply weren’t enough hours in the day.”
There are some people who are simply unable to comprehend that direct statement. Or perhaps they think there are 72 hours in the day.
Marriage will not solve the problem of problematic priests. Only God can fix that. A man who has a true vocation is aided by prayer to follow his vocation. Good priests are to tired to think about women.
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