Posted on 06/09/2014 12:18:09 PM PDT by massmike
Sure looks that way to me.
It is a tragedy what has happened to this once proud and distinguished Anglican church, which tried so hard and for so long to be a hybrid between Catholicism and Protestantism. Now it is neither. John Henry Newman must be turning in his grave.
Ah, no, I was referring to how the Catholic church would handle, well, I guess one of their already-ordained male priests transitioning to female—or a female who has transitioned to male and wants to become a Catholic priest. Or, how about nuns going in either direction?
Well, s/HE will never have the hair that men have, nor the beard, no testicles or penis, not the strength...and not the testosterone. s/HE will never give "beard burn" to a lover, whoever that might be.
s/HE will STILL age like a woman...an old woman. Lol.
Her belly fat will be "lower slung" around the hips. s/HE will look like an old woman in men's clothes. Charming.
s/HE won't have the receding hairline...that's a perk.
What if....who the heck knows? Why would you care?
You'd think it would be a new and unprecedented question, but no: it apparently happened in the ancient world. The very first Canon of the very first Ecumenical Council (Nicea, 325 AD) addressed this issue:
"If any [priest] in sickness has undergone surgery at the hands of physicians or has been castrated by barbarians, let him remain among the clergy. But if anyone in good health has castrated himself, if he is enrolled among the clergy he should be suspended, and in future no such man should be promoted."But, as it is evident that this refers to those who are responsible for the condition and presume to castrate themselves, so too if any have been made eunuchs by barbarians or by their masters, but have been found worthy, the canon admits such men to the clergy."
In other words, willful castration is not permitted, but forced castration, or castration which is deemed medically necessary, is not an impediment to Catholic ministry. I believe we may thus infer that accidental castration is also not an impediment.
You'd think it would be a new and unprecedented question, but no: it apparently happened in the ancient world. The very first Canon of the very first Ecumenical Council (Nicea, 325 AD) addressed this issue:
"If any [priest] in sickness has undergone surgery at the hands of physicians or has been castrated by barbarians, let him remain among the clergy. But if anyone in good health has castrated himself, if he is enrolled among the clergy he should be suspended, and in future no such man should be promoted."But, as it is evident that this refers to those who are responsible for the condition and presume to castrate themselves, so too if any have been made eunuchs by barbarians or by their masters, but have been found worthy, the canon admits such men to the clergy."
In other words, willful castration is not permitted, but forced castration, or castration which is deemed medically necessary, is not an impediment to Catholic ministry. I believe we may thus infer that accidental castration is also not an impediment.
THANK YOU, Mrs. Don-o
Tiny bubbles....
It’s all an honest mistake. When they hired him, they thought he said he’d changed sects.
lol
The Etestical Church remains true to form.
Interesting, thanks.
A modified mental case but still the same gender.
What ever hsppened to the doctor’s oath of first do no harm?
:-D )))
Really, Dean Hall?
No, really?
As Christians today it is very difficult to speak the truth without being hammered for doing so. I have lived long enough to know when it was not so and one could be “free” to speak of what is right and wrong.
Now there’s a horrendous backlash from people who think nothing of badgering you for speaking the truth...we see this even on FR...
They no longer have to “chip away” as you mentioned...it’s a given and welcomed... while society celebrates it.
.....”Why would the Catholic Church care what an Episcopalian priest did with his body?”....
You’re probably right given the Catholic Priests do tend to have their own issues of what they do with their bodies when it comes to children.
No such thing as an actual transgender person. It is a mental illness.
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