...be careful what you wish for!
Wow! Moving in line with Scripture!
How can you complain?
won’t happen.
Good. It isn’t in the least bit necessary anymore.
Compulsory clerical celibacy was institutionalized in the Middle Ages. Implemented primarily to confront rampant corruption in the Church, specifically nepotism and simony.
There is absolutely nothing in the Bible requiring such a draconian policy. In point of fact, priests were married men in the Bible from Aaron on down.
The Pope has correctly stated that clerical celibacy is a discipline, not a dogma or a doctrine of the Church and therefore subject to change.
So, a British tabloid reveals that “a friend says”. THAT’S an authoritative source. Or not.
While this is inside baseball, lets just say the spin machine will have to work overtime IF this actually happens.
I thought that the pope’s decisions were infallible on doctrinal issues. Therefore, by reversing the church’s position regarding priests marriage, he is saying that the previous popes were all wrong when they required priests to be single.
They can all drop dead if they mention same sex marriage
Orthodox priests are allowed to marry. But if you want to be a bishop you must be celibate. That is why all Orthodox bishops come from the monks. For the CC a diocesan priests takes an oath to follow the church rules not an explicit vow of celibacy. On the other hand there are the religious orders that do make explicit vows of celibacy.
A “childhood friend” is claiming this?
I think I’ll wait for a more reliable source before I start believing it.
This Pope is the biggest mistake the Church has ever made.
“and told divorced woman ‘living in sin’ that she COULD receive Holy Communion” is the rest of the headline, it was too long for freeping
1. This is unconfirmed third-hand news. For this pope, a large number of ‘third-hand news’ stories have not panned out. Change your religion at your own risk.
2. The Pope is not king.
3. Married priests are not a matter of papal infallibility.
4. Just to be clear: being divorced is NOT a sin in itself...but until a Church annulment of the marriage is given, the divorcee is considered to be married and the divorcee is expected to conduct themselves as appropriate to a married person.
The Orthodox Christian Church allows for priests to marry and have children. Many of those children become Monastics.
But there is a higher priestly caste of Orthodox Christians known as monks. Bishops and others in high ranks of the Orthodox come from the Monks and they never marry. The monks do not marry.
Bishops and monks of the Orthodox usually associate with priests and other clergy. Priests are the ones that relate on a day-to-day week-to-week basis to parishioners.
The Roman Catholic rules seem more strict but both are in a sense never changing. The fact that they stay the same is what attracts protestants from Churches such as the Epicopal Church. Women priests and normalization of homosexuality among some protestant Churches have driven many Christians to seek Church with customs that are preserved. That would be the Orthodox Church which has maintained the same liturgy for 2000 years.
I have not seen many Orthodox (Eastern Catholics) that are disgruntled with the Orthodox traditions or the imposition of the Church itself. I have seen many who are disgruntled with a particular priest or other member but not with the customs and traditions themselves.
I have seen many persons disgruntled with the Roman Catholic Church in general but not with a particular person or priest. The stories I hear from the disgruntled seem illogical or based on some sort of emotional reaction. Not changing and being strict can be a good thing as it is for the Orthodox. But I never hear Roman Catholics complain about particular people, only in general about the ‘Church’.
I wonder if these two great Churches have a difference in how they relate to their members? Do married priests with children make a difference personally in the lives of the Orthodox? Are Roman Catholic Priests too far removed and segregated from members? Are they cold because of Church doctrine in relating to the laity? The questions here are addressed to the average and not particular cases.
Sometimes I wonder if the difference is similar to the difference between public and private school. In relating to school teachers in either setting, the public school teacher seems bound by a legalism that restricts friendships. Whereas in private school settings, especially Waldorf Schools, the teaching faculty become like extended family; legalism seems remote.
I have great respect for both the Roman Catholic Churches and the Orthodox Christian Churches. Both have had a profoundly positive effect on people globally. Whatever makes people more at peace with their Church and the faithful and accurate teachings of Jesus can only be a good thing.
Because priests can’t get nun?
The Pope is only talking about Gay Marriage
I’ll believe it when I see it.
For the record, the Pope has already stated quite publicly that the issue of clerical celibacy is “on my agenda.” So this is hardly news, nor is it altogether unlikely.
http://rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/2015/02/pope-francis-issue-of-married-priests.html