To: GoLightly
No, the priest is like a placemarker for Christ, but isn't actually Christ. Thank you for correcting him/her. The expression is in persona Christi -- "in the person of Christ" -- a placemarker is an interesting way to put it...
78 posted on
06/10/2007 3:41:58 PM PDT by
markomalley
(Extra ecclesiam nulla salus CINO-RINO GRAZIE NO)
To: markomalley; 1000 silverlings; GoLightly; Dr. Eckleburg; ears_to_hear; P-Marlowe; HarleyD; xzins
Since the priest clearly is NOT a changling, then perhaps he is a Vulcan in the process of performing a “mind-meld”. If this were the case, the “placemarker” concept can hold true, and the Star Trek theory still remains valid.
Sky King, next time you’re at mass, would you take a close look at the priest’s ears? If they’re not obviously pointy, then see if you can tell if they’ve been surgically altered.
81 posted on
06/10/2007 3:50:11 PM PDT by
pjr12345
(But do you want to know, O foolish man, that faith without works is dead? James 2:20)
To: markomalley
The expression is in persona Christi -- "in the person of Christ" -- a placemarker is an interesting way to put it... You makin fun of my vocabulary? LOL Placemarker got the idea across, did it not?
To: markomalley; GoLightly
The phrase is In Persona Christi Capitis, and the Catholic belief is that the priest actually becomes Christ.
154 posted on
06/11/2007 8:38:52 AM PDT by
1000 silverlings
(Matthew 24:23 Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not.)
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