Female priests in the Roman Catholic Church ....

LordSutch · 04-07-2017 09:53AM #1

But when?

Discuss.

uck51js9zml2yt · 04-07-2017 09:56AM

Discuss "but", "when" or the "?"

gctest50 · 04-07-2017 10:01AM

LordSutch wrote: »

But when?

Discuss.

sod that

........ kittens instead :

cos lack of OP effortz n lazyness is a sin etc

LordSutch · 04-07-2017 10:11AM

gctest50 wrote: »

sod that

........ kittens instead :

cos lack of OP effortz n lazyness is a sin etc

Alright then, I'll give it a go.

I suspect female priests (RC) can never be accepted, because Rome will always dictate that all Priests must be male. This in contrast to some other Christian denominations who now have female Priests!

Admittedly, in the beginning it was a bit odd having a lady preciding over a service, preaching, giving out communion etc, etc, but I guess we've got used to it over the years ... and now it seems totally normal.

hinault · 04-07-2017 10:31AM

I don't think that we will ever see female priests in the Catholic Church.

This stems from the teaching that Jesus Himself only directly called 13 men to serve.

lazybones32 · 04-07-2017 10:33AM

LordSutch wrote: »

Alright then, I'll give it a go.

I suspect female priests (RC) can never be accepted, because Rome will always dictate that all Priests must be male.

Female priests can never be legitimately ordained and therefore can never be accepted.
The priesthood is a sacrament and the sacraments ave certain criteria to be met for them to be genuine. Baptism must use water (milk, cola, oil or any other liquid is not an acceptable substitute) for it to be valid. Marriage can only be between man and woman (not m+m, w+w, tg+m, et al) for it to be a sacramental marriage. Likewise, the priesthood was only given to males and the RCC doesn't see itself as having the right or the power to change that. They could change certsin rules but the ordinations wouldn't be legitimate and powerless to fulfill the functions and duty of the priest.

Thinkingaboutit · 15-07-2017 09:59PM

lazybones32 said it well. Pope Francis said as much too, that it cannot happen, it's impossible. That Protestant communities with wymen ministers, with their shouty or quietly spoken political liberalism, have suffered headlong decline, is of note (not too much for they have do not have priests as a Catholic understands), but the main point is that the sacrament of orders would not be valid.

martingriff · 17-07-2017 11:04AM

hinault wrote: »

I don't think that we will ever see female priests in the Catholic Church.

This stems from the teaching that Jesus Himself only directly called 13 men to serve.

Really because I remember reading where Jesus sent out 72 disciples around the lands to serve. Forgive sins and cure people. Where does it say they were all men. To those who say women can not be ordained because it says so. Where is this

hinault · 17-07-2017 05:28PM

martingriff wrote: »

Really because I remember reading where Jesus sent out 72 disciples

Jesus Christ did not appoint 72 people.

oldrnwisr · 17-07-2017 06:44PM

hinault wrote: »

Jesus Christ did not appoint 72 people.

I believe martingriff is referring to Luke 10:1, although some translations render the verse as 70 rather than 72. Since Jesus sent them away on a mission, they are, by definition, apostles. Their gender is not mentioned so the group may have included women.

Mrs OBumble · 17-07-2017 07:38PM

Jesus did not ordain anyone.

hinault · 17-07-2017 08:20PM

Mrs OBumble wrote: »

Jesus did not ordain anyone.

He appointed 13 apostles.

martingriff · 17-07-2017 09:03PM

oldrnwisr wrote: »

I believe martingriff is referring to Luke 10:1, although some translations render the verse as 70 rather than 72. Since Jesus sent them away on a mission, they are, by definition, apostles. Their gender is not mentioned so the group may have included women.

Thanks was not sure of the verse and you are correct in some gospels it does vary

antiskeptic · 17-07-2017 11:08PM

hinault wrote: »

This stems from the teaching that Jesus Himself only directly called 13 men to serve.

From which the notion of priesthood, which is a gross (Old Convenant inspired) extrapolation*. The notion of a bar on female priests is but an extrapolation upon an extrapolation.

Upon a pebble, we will build a theology

antiskeptic · 17-07-2017 11:13PM

oldrnwisr wrote: »

I believe martingriff is referring to Luke 10:1, although some translations render the verse as 70 rather than 72. Since Jesus sent them away on a mission, they are, by definition, apostles. Their gender is not mentioned so the group may have included women.

It would be the nature of a hierarchical structure to suppose a hierarchy of apostleship. From whence a pope. From whence junior apostles

spurious · 17-07-2017 11:26PM

The first people to witness the resurrection were women. Many of the early Church leaders were women.

The only way the RCC can survive is with women.

antiskeptic · 17-07-2017 11:31PM

hinault wrote: »

Jesus Christ did not appoint 72 people.

Luke 10:1 And after these things, the Lord appointed also other seventy-two. And he sent them two and two before his face into every city and place whither he himself was to come.

Latin Vulgate version.

endacl · 17-07-2017 11:33PM

hinault wrote: »

This stems from the teaching that Jesus Himself only directly called 13 men to serve.

Bartholomew was a lady.

hinault · 17-07-2017 11:43PM

antiskeptic wrote: »

From which the notion of priesthood, which is a gross (Old Convenant inspired) extrapolation*. The notion of a bar on female priests is but an extrapolation upon an extrapolation.

Upon a pebble, we will build a theology

This from the church of one.

hinault · 17-07-2017 11:51PM

antiskeptic wrote: »

Luke 10:1 And after these things, the Lord appointed also other seventy-two. And he sent them two and two before his face into every city and place whither he himself was to come.

Latin Vulgate version.

Chapter 9 of the Gospel of St.Luke tells the account of Jesus personally appointing 12 apostles.

hinault · 17-07-2017 11:53PM

spurious wrote: »

The first people to witness the resurrection were women. Many of the early Church leaders were women.

The only way the RCC can survive is with women.

The Church will survive because Jesus said it would survive.

Therefore this is the only basis on which His church, the only church which He founded, can survive.

martingriff · 18-07-2017 12:06AM

hinault wrote: »

Chapter 9 of the Gospel of St.Luke tells the account of Jesus personally appointing 12 apostles.

So they were the 1st 12 it still does not forbid women being priests. Plus if those disciple he sent out had the power to forgive,retain sins or banish demons then they must have been of a high order (for want of a better word)

Mrs OBumble · 18-07-2017 12:06AM

hinault wrote: »

He appointed 13 apostles.

Agreed.

Appointed, not ordained.

hinault · 18-07-2017 12:13AM

Mrs OBumble wrote: »

Agreed.

Appointed, not ordained.

No. If you read the very first verse of St.Lukes gospel chapter 9, it states

Then *having called together the twelve apostles, He gave them power, and authority over all devils, and to cure diseases

Verse 1 is proof of the transfer of Jesus power and authority to the 12 apostles.

The 12 were ordained with power and authority by Jesus Christ. This is called apostolic succession and this succession only resides in the Catholic Church and has done since inception.

hinault · 18-07-2017 12:15AM

martingriff wrote: »

So they were the 1st 12 it still does not forbid women being priests. Plus if those disciple he sent out had the power to forgive,retain sins or banish demons then they must have been of a high order (for want of a better word)

Again, as St.Luke's gospel seems to be flavour of the month here with some of our resident non-Catholics, verse 1 of Chapter 10 of St.Lukes gospel could not be clearer.

Then *having called together the twelve apostles, He gave them power, and authority over all devils, and to cure diseases

martingriff · 18-07-2017 12:31AM

hinault wrote: »

Again, as St.Luke's gospel seems to be flavour of the month here with some of our resident non-Catholics, verse 1 of Chapter 10 of St.Lukes gospel could not be clearer.

First of all I am a Catholic not sure of the others so less of the digs.

I am not counters you that he gave them power over daemons and to forgive sins. But he also gave that authority to the 72 as per Luke's gospel and they came back rejoicing as they could do it. Just because he gave it to the 12 does not mean he did not give it to others which he did in Luke's gospel. No where does it say in anywhere in the bible they could not be women

Darkglasses · 18-07-2017 12:38AM

hinault wrote: »

He appointed 13 apostles.

I am curious why you think specifically their gender should be taken as an absolute rule for the following ~2,000 years of the Catholic Church. They were married, Aramaic-speaking Jews - Why are not Priests only taken from these specific bands also? It would make the priesthood all the closer to the original apostles. Maybe Peter's succcessor must be married also?

Personally, I believe it is a consequence of the Church's early movement across the Greco-Roman world, and that prior to this there was female leadership in Christian groups. For example, Romans 16:7 :

"“Greet Andronicus and Junia, my relatives who were in prison with me; they are prominent among the apostles, and they were in Christ before I was.”

hinault · 18-07-2017 12:45AM

martingriff wrote: »

First of all I am a Catholic not sure of the others so less of the digs.

I am not counters you that he gave them power over daemons and to forgive sins. But he also gave that authority to the 72 as per Luke's gospel and they came back rejoicing as they could do it. Just because he gave it to the 12 does not mean he did not give it to others which he did in Luke's gospel. No where does it say in anywhere in the bible they could not be women

Your claim to be Catholic is contradicted by your opposing the clear teaching of the Catholic Church concerning apostolic succession. If you accept church teaching, then you are Catholic. If you reject church teaching, you are not Catholic. You reject church teaching...............

The gospel of St.Luke is actually very very clear on this. Chapter 9 explicitly states that Jesus personally bestowed power and authority upon the 12 only.

St.Luke doesn't refer to Jesus bestowing power and authority upon anyone else. If Jesus did bestow power and authority, wouldn't St.Luke's gospel explicitly state this in other parts of the gospel, as it did in Chapter 9?

Why didn't Luke explicitly refer to Jesus bestowing power and authority to people other than the 12? The gospel doesn't state it because it did not happen. If it did happen, Luke would have told us so. And certainly if it happened in the way it happened in chapter 9, Luke would have told us so.

hinault · 18-07-2017 12:54AM

Darkglasses wrote: »

I am curious why you think specifically their gender should be taken as an absolute rule for the following ~2,000 years of the Catholic Church. They were married, Aramaic-speaking Jews - Why are not Priests only taken from these specific bands also? It would make the priesthood all the closer to the original apostles. Maybe Peter's succcessor must be married also?

Personally, I believe it is a consequence of the Church's early movement across the Greco-Roman world, and that prior to this there was female leadership in Christian groups. For example, Romans 16:7 :

"“Greet Andronicus and Junia, my relatives who were in prison with me; they are prominent among the apostles, and they were in Christ before I was.”

Because Jesus was and is God incarnate, we believe that Jesus is omnipotent and transcendent.
Therefore in creating His church, Jesus would have willed it that women be admitted to the priesthood.

The gospel accounts are clear. Jesus, God-incarnate, personally only called men to His ministry.

If you accept that Jesus is God-incarnate, He is therefore omnipotent and transcendent. He therefore foresaw everything. If He willed it, He would have personally ordained a woman in to His ministry. It is only reasonable to assume therefore that He willed that only men serve His priesthood.

Darkglasses · 18-07-2017 12:57AM

hinault wrote: »

Because Jesus was and is God incarnate, we believe that Jesus is omnipotent and transcendent.
Therefore in creating His church, Jesus would have willed it that women be admitted to the priesthood.

The gospel accounts are clear. Jesus, God-incarnate, personally only called men to His ministry.

If you accept that Jesus is God-incarnate, He is therefore omnipotent and transcendent. He therefore foresaw everything. If He willed it, He would have personally ordained a woman in to His ministry. It is only reasonable to assume therefore that He willed that only men serve His priesthood.

To reiterate my question - did he also not will anyone but Aramaic-speaking Israelite Jews to become priests?

hinault · 18-07-2017 01:01AM

Darkglasses wrote: »

To reiterate my question - did he also not will anyone but Aramaic-speaking Israelite Jews to become priests?

You'll be able to cite where the gospel says that only Aramaic-speaking Israelite Jews, need apply.

Female priests in the Roman Catholic Church ....

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