To: sinkspur
You really haven't addressed most of the points that the writer raises about a whole sale change in the culture of the Clergy will completely change relationships inside the Church. We and the Orthodox have a special priesthood and generally Protestant churches do not. As Protestants often point out, we don't find this in the New Testament. It was a development of the post-apostolic period and one which the Reformers rejected along with the Sacraments.
27 posted on
07/23/2003 7:53:33 PM PDT by
RobbyS
To: RobbyS
You really haven't addressed most of the points that the writer raises about a whole sale change in the culture of the Clergy will completely change relationships inside the Church. A wholesale change in the culture of the clergy might not be a bad thing.
The current "culture" has produced a sexual abuse crisis unrivalling anything in the history of the American Church.
30 posted on
07/23/2003 8:00:44 PM PDT by
sinkspur
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