tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23189415.post7520892457940309635..comments2024-03-24T04:09:03.396-04:00Comments on The Cross Reference: The Church and Priestly CelibacyJeffrey Pinyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08758581112217835988noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23189415.post-8529329151617039972009-10-27T07:56:23.972-04:002009-10-27T07:56:23.972-04:00Jeffrey,
Saw this linked over at Rich's blog....Jeffrey,<br /><br />Saw this linked over at Rich's blog.<br /><br />Father S.Father Schnippelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04731842661336037433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23189415.post-47344031088851612442009-10-26T20:57:36.045-04:002009-10-26T20:57:36.045-04:00Norah, as for Hepworth's comment: "The tr...Norah, as for Hepworth's comment: "<i>The truly radical element is that married men will be able to be ordained priests in the Anglican structure indefinitely into the future.</i>"<br /><br />I'm not aware that this is the case. Perhaps I didn't read the initial document closely enough, but I don't think that's part of the arrangement.<br /><br />Here's an excerpt from a ZENIT interview on this matter:<br /><br />ZENIT: The Vatican announcement provided for the possibility of an Anglican ordinariate having seminarians, who are to be prepared alongside Catholic seminarians, "though the ordinariate may establish a house of formation to address the particular needs of formation in the Anglican patrimony." Would this include the possibility of marriage for these Anglican seminarians?<br /><br />Msgr. Stetson: The specifics have not yet been made known on this question. At the very least I would assume that the seminarians would have to be both married and studying in an Anglican seminary at the time they sought to enter into full communion, and then continue studying for the priesthood in a Catholic seminary. They would have to be dispensed from the norm of celibacy on a case-by-case basis by the Holy See. Future seminarians would have to be celibate. (Source: <a href="http://www.zenit.org/article-27352?l=english" rel="nofollow">ZENIT</a>)Jeffrey Pinyanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08758581112217835988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23189415.post-9594997654904855092009-10-26T20:42:31.470-04:002009-10-26T20:42:31.470-04:00Norah, I hope I've correctly identified your q...Norah, I hope I've correctly identified your questions in the text you posted...<br /><br />"<b>Will we be seeing married Latin Rite Catholic men seeking ordination under this provision?</b>"<br /><br />Only if there becomes a distinct Anglican Rite within the Catholic Church, and even then, I'm not sure. The pastoral provision is SPECIFICALLY for married clergy from other Christian communities; it is not a "solution" for married Catholic men who want to be priests.<br /><br />"<b>Bishops in all but name? Sounds hypocritical to me. A bit like married priests not being permitted to be parish priests but being parish priests in reality but called 'administrators.'</b>"<br /><br />I don't have any input on this issue. It's a matter of governance that I'm not qualified to postulate on. I will only say this much: as far as I understand it, it's a matter of balancing between having only unmarried men as bishops (which won't change) and having competent men as ordinaries.Jeffrey Pinyanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08758581112217835988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23189415.post-47611970333171829832009-10-26T16:34:42.031-04:002009-10-26T16:34:42.031-04:00What is the implication in the following for the d...What is the implication in the following for the discipline of celibacy in the Latin Rite of the Catholic Church?<br /><br /> http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,26247534-7583,00.html<br />Christopher Pearson | October 24, 2009<br /><br />Excerpt from comments by Abp John Hepworth<br /><br />JH: Bishops in the new Anglican structure will be unmarried. This is out of respect for the tradition of Eastern and Western Christianity. But priests who come from Anglicanism will be able to serve as priests in the new structure, whether married or not, after satisfying certain requirements. <i>The truly radical element is that married men will be able to be ordained priests in the Anglican structure indefinitely into the future. </i><br /><br />Will we be seeing married Latin Rite Catholic men seeking ordination under this provision?<br /><br /><br /><i>It is anticipated that Anglican bishops who are married when they joined the new structure will still be able to serve as priestly ordinaries, exercising some of the responsibilities of bishops. </i><br /><br />Bishops in all but name? Sounds hypocritical to me. A bit like married priests not being permitted to be parish priests but being parish priests in reality but called 'administrators.'<br /><br />Abp Hepworth was a Catholic priest who left the priesthood, married, divorced, remarried and became an Anglican.Norahnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23189415.post-27978696288271354772009-10-26T13:16:57.428-04:002009-10-26T13:16:57.428-04:00Extremely intersting post.
Thank you so much for ...Extremely intersting post. <br />Thank you so much for this information.preachermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09922837614859997243noreply@blogger.com