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- From: lynch@ils.nwu.edu (Richard Lynch)
- Subject: Re: *Mother* MacDunaugh?! *FAINT*
- Message-ID: <1992Nov21.004240.11137@ils.nwu.edu>
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- Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 00:42:40 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov19.085059.21174@fys.ruu.nl> johnston@fys.ruu.nl (Helen Johnston) writes:
- >In article <1992Nov17.192410.2352@speedy.aero.org> nadel@attatash.aero.org (Miriam Nadel) writes:
- >>In article <1992Nov13.091322.4300@fys.ruu.nl> johnston@fys.ruu.nl (Helen Johnston) writes:
- >>>In fact, I think it highly unlikely that the present Pope will ever
- >>>allow women anywhere near the priesthood; he's likely to go for married
- >>>(male) priests several aeons before he'll even think of women, no
- >>>matter what the priest shortage.
- >>
- >>This is trivially true as there are already married male Catholic priests.
- >>Usually as a result of a priest from another denomination (e.g. Eastern
- >>Orthodox, Anglican, or one of the others the Catholic church accepts as
- >>legitimate) converting to Roman Catholicism. They're not allowed to
- >>remarry if their wife dies, but that's another matter.
- >>
- >And nor are they a self-perpetuating part of Catholicism; once that
- >priest dies, his successor can't claim "right of marriage"! It will be
- >interesting to see what happens if this breakaway group of Anglicans who
- >want to join the Catholic church is allowed to join; will they be
- >allowed to keep married priests, or will Rome insist on celibacy?
-
- I could be wrong, but it was my understanding that those in the Byzantine rite
- are still able to marry, even if ordained after the re-merge.
- That's how the deal was explained to me, anyway.
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- "TANSTAAFL" Rich lynch@aristotle.ils.nwu.edu
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