[Mrs. Don-o]

"Transitioning" either way would be a disqualification from ordination or the consecrated life, due to the fact that intentional mutilation is a serious sin.

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.

[cloudmountain]

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

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[cloudmountain]

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[9YearLurker]

Interesting, thanks.