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The married priest is included. Would sacraments performed by a non-celibate priest have the same sacramental value as sacraments performed by a celibate priest?
"Leaders of the church said Monday that they were not leaving the Episcopal Church because of the ordination of gays and women — issues that have bitterly divided the American wing of the Anglican Church and coincided with stepped-up efforts by the Vatican to reach out to Anglicans. Instead, church members said, they were satisfying their longing for a clear religious authority by welcoming the leadership of Pope Benedict XVI."
“In the Episcopal Church, bishops in one place say one thing and in another say another,” explained Patrick Delaney, a lay leader from Mitchellville. “That’s the crux of it. Each bishop has its own kingdom.”
Even though it is not standard in the Western world, there are lots of married Roman Catholic priests among Eastern Europe and elsewhere that are married. Go to most Marionite, Byzantine Catholic, Eastern Catholic, etc parish and you will usually find a married priest. Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, and Anglican priests are usually married as well.
I wonder if with the sexual abuse scandals and the shortage of Roman Catholic priests if the Vatican is considering encouraging a married priesthood again.
The married priest is included. Would sacraments performed by a non-celibate priest have the same sacramental value as sacraments performed by a celibate priest?
Of course. I knew a married priest. Interestingly his daughter was very opposed to allowing Catholic priests to marry.
Even though it is not standard in the Western world, there are lots of married Roman Catholic priests among Eastern Europe and elsewhere that are married. Go to most Marionite, Byzantine Catholic, Eastern Catholic, etc parish and you will usually find a married priest. Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, and Anglican priests are usually married as well.
I wonder if with the sexual abuse scandals and the shortage of Roman Catholic priests if the Vatican is considering encouraging a married priesthood again.
They allow convert married pastors to become ordained priests. But priests cannot remarry or marry if they are not already married.
Excerpt: Deigh is happy to convert, saying, "I like it. To me, it's like going home. That's where the original church was. We are all one."
Parishioner Randy King says for him the conversion brings needed certainty. "We have a church that doesn't change. We don't have to worry one day or the other what is going to be said from the pulpit."
I had a sense this could partly be that you're a tad annoyed by the idea of people entering orthodox Catholicism when they could stay in the more progressive of Anglo-Catholic Episcopalians.
Still we are discussing marriage and that article has what I think is a legitimate concern. Many priests are difficult when it comes to weddings. I don't think it's because they're celibate, but in this rare case I might agree it's relevant in some cases. My last priest was a sweet, but quite shy, Burmese man. He agreed to skip the whole "engagement encounter" thing for my sister, but I got the sense that was not to be "user friendly" so much as he didn't want to discuss married things or sex. The priests, like him, who are at the more "monastic/contemplative" end of the behavioral spectrum might occasionally be difficult. More often I've seen priests who have such concern about divorce they kind of end up discouraging people from marrying.
On the other hand though my parents had marriage counseling from a married priest and it did not go well. He just sided with my Dad as they were both husbands. Being celibates, ideally, can mean they can act more like a neutral party. A married priest might be prone to do what my parents priest/counselor did.
Last edited by Thomas R.; 07-01-2011 at 06:54 PM..
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