To: MHGinTN
“Was he once rightly addressed as 'Father Doerflinger'?” No, perhaps you a remembering a priest w a similar name?
There are 3 orders of the hierarchy in the Church: deacon, priest, bishop. A man who is preparing to be a priest will first be ordained a transitional deacon. A married man who wishes to serve in the hierarchy of the Church would become a permanent deacon. If his wife were to pass he could then be permitted to prepare for the priesthood.
15 posted on
06/12/2003 11:08:58 PM PDT by
cpforlife.org
(“My people are destroyed from lack of knowledge.” Hosea 4:6)
To: MHGinTN
3 orders of the hierarchy in the Church would also be refered to as the 3 degrees of the sacrement of Holy Orders.
These are the 3 ordained ministries of the Church
16 posted on
06/12/2003 11:16:58 PM PDT by
cpforlife.org
(“My people are destroyed from lack of knowledge.” Hosea 4:6)
To: cpforlife.org
Thank you muchly.
17 posted on
06/12/2003 11:37:30 PM PDT by
MHGinTN
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