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To: 9YearLurker
The Church is Apostolic. Christ chose 12 male Apostles one of whom was Peter, the rock on which the Church is built.

ORDINATIO SACERDOTALIS
"1. Priestly ordination, which hands on the office entrusted by Christ to his Apostles of teaching, sanctifying and governing the faithful, has in the Catholic Church from the beginning always been reserved to men alone. This tradition has also been faithfully maintained by the Oriental Churches."

60 posted on 03/03/2009 10:26:24 AM PST by Varda
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To: Varda

And if Christ had 10 white toes, then I guess all church leaders better be white. Except, oh my, what if he really wasn’t white—then what are we doing with Polish popes?


62 posted on 03/03/2009 10:39:10 AM PST by 9YearLurker
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