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To: VidMihi

>> Sorry, I must be mis-informed - seems I learned in the
catechism ( Baltimore, that is ) that “once a priest, always a priest” <<

True... he’s a priest, just not a Catholic priest. Under certain conditions, the Catholic Church has recognized even the Holy Orders of Anglican priests to be valid.


22 posted on 08/11/2008 6:42:15 AM PDT by dangus
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To: dangus
Respectfully sorry, but IMHO - wrong on both counts. If he was ordained by a Roman Catholic Cardinal, for example - what kind of priest do you think he is? Cardinals don't usually ordain priests for other religions - like wiccan, for example.

Anglican Orders are not accepted as valid by the Holy See.

25 posted on 08/11/2008 8:25:08 AM PDT by VidMihi ("In fide, unitas; in dubiis, libertas; in omnibus, caritas.")
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