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To: Invincibly Ignorant; malakhi; in_principio_erat_Verbum
Sorry in those scriptures I posted, the apostle Paul disagrees with you. If they're pokin' kids they should be gone right away. No more channeling.

You confuse being put out of the Church and being stripped of the authority to perform sacraments with the capacity to perform sacraments.

When angelo became a "born again" Jew, he did not cease to be a baptised person. He was baptised and that is irrevocable. Why? Cause God changed the person. He doesn't take back what He has given.

A priest is changed by God to be a channel for Christ in the sacraments. Nothing can change this "change." It is.

When someone ceases to be a Jew, his foreskin does not grow back. In the same way, when someone abuses his power as a priest, he may face sanction or dismissal from the Church, but he can not "unbecome" a priest any more than he can become "unbaptised"

Since he "understands" completely, please direct any further questions to in_principio_erat_Verbum. Thank you.

SD

50,748 posted on 05/01/2003 7:38:42 AM PDT by SoothingDave
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