tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876502085465766394.post3612380234296273522..comments2024-01-17T03:08:25.317-06:00Comments on The Progressive Catholic Voice: Roman Catholic Womenpriests: Differing PerspectivesPCV Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12519134580470262558noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876502085465766394.post-72010819583699526312014-10-27T16:43:40.506-05:002014-10-27T16:43:40.506-05:00Who cares-it's an irrelevant "profession&...Who cares-it's an irrelevant "profession" anyway. The churches that do ordain women are shrinking away faster than the polar ice caps-being in the clergy is becoming as irrelevant and disproportionately female a profession as librarian and social worker.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10595343376123418470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876502085465766394.post-20892552096539605842013-06-29T13:04:50.707-05:002013-06-29T13:04:50.707-05:00I am all for reclaiming sacramental authority from...I am all for reclaiming sacramental authority from the Elite Class of bishops. However, one critical barrier exists. That barrier being that way too many people might wonder --- if we start considering Apostolic Succession less-than-necessary, by what do we call ourselves Catholic rather than Protestant?<br /><br />Those of us who are in favor of reclaiming the sacraments know the answer to this question intuitively. And some of us (such as the Dutch Dominicans) can even explain the article in a 50-page article or some other ultra-verbose form. But we need to find ways to communicate this information more concisely -- and in a manner that a common Catholic who is tired of the bullying from the pulpit but believes that he/she has no choice of he/she wants the sacraments can understand --- whether our audience is a parish that is threatened by the lack of a priest --- or a bunch of LGBT Catholics who are traumatized by being told from the pulpit that any legal rights they receive somehow constitutes a "persecution" of the Catholic Church. We need to explain such things in terms that they can understand.<br /><br />And we may even need new terminologies to explain in a concise and easy-to-understand way what it is all about --- and above all else - why it is still Catholic despite the fact that it may not have Apostolic Succession.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com