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To: kosta50

Well, at least you admit to private interpretation.

How many Bishops do you have who are married? If a Bishop wants to get married, does he have to stand down from his position?


4,202 posted on 03/17/2008 7:09:29 PM PDT by irishtenor (Check out my blog at http://boompa53.blogspot.com/)
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To: irishtenor
Well, at least you admit to private interpretation.

I have always admitted to private "musings." The important this is that I defer to the Church in the final analysis, no matter what I concocted in my head.

How many Bishops do you have who are married?

Zero. None.

If a Bishop wants to get married, does he have to stand down from his position?

Yes. That is the self-imposed Church discipline. A Bishop in the East is almost always drawn from the ranks of monastics who have given up their wordily treasures and devoted their entire life to Christ. They can also, in exceptional circumstances, be elected from the ranks of widowed priests.

4,205 posted on 03/17/2008 7:49:18 PM PDT by kosta50 (Eastern Orthodoxy is pure Christianity)
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To: irishtenor
If a Bishop wants to get married, does he have to stand down from his position?

One more thing, apropos this question, a priest or deacon cannot be married after they receive the holy orders (ordination). They must be married prior to that. Thus, a bishops who decided to get married could not remain in any ordianed capacity in the Church.

4,207 posted on 03/17/2008 7:53:18 PM PDT by kosta50 (Eastern Orthodoxy is pure Christianity)
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