How to Address Priests and Religious: Titles and Signs of Respect [Ecumenical]

St.JoanVV.org ^ | 2002 | Marian Therese Horvat, Ph.D

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The dignified sisters inspired respect. Above, a sister teaches protocol in a pre-Vatican II Catholic classroom.

After the Council, sisters abandoned the habit and took up jobs in the world. Below, Sister Joy Manthey "ministers" to riverboat captains and crews.
Parade Magazine, December 9, 2001

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Catholic Ping!

[MarineBrat]

A good friend of mine is a retired Monsignor. I swap back and forth between calling him Monsignor, Father and Ron. It depends upon which capacity I currently require of him. :)

[Religion Moderator]

The caucus label was removed because the article speaks of Protestants.

[fred4prez]

Matthew 23:9 - call no one father except the father in heaven...

[Hegewisch Dupa]

Give yourself a sticky note for June 19th

[Rashputin]

Matthew 23:10 - ""Nor are you to be called 'teacher', for you have one teacher, the Christ"

So, tell you kids to stop calling their educators 'teacher' right along with those you call bible teachers, Sunday School teachers, and everything else often listed on announcements of various Protestant gatherings. Or, you could read where Paul said he, "... became your father through the gospel" and admit that there's different usages of the word that are fine with the Apostles and Christ.

It's really funny to see that while | He Who Cannot Be Mentioned | is totally banned the same trash he spews shows up here over and over in spite of having been debunked hundreds of years ago. It's also surprising to see people who claim to believe that the Scripture has everything they need don't really study it all that much but instead apply the Lego Block Method of Scripture Interpretation to just stick together whatever suits them at any given moment.

[Tax-chick]

I figure it’s hard to go wrong with “Sir” and “Ma’am,” if all else fails.

[Hegewisch Dupa]

Back in school the best way for me to address a nun was “Please Sister stop I promise I’ll never do it again...”

[Tax-chick]

One hears such stories very frequently. I’ve never met any Sisters who weren’t perfectly pleasant.

[Hegewisch Dupa]

Well yeah - you are a girl - they love y'all!

Seriously I had one bad one who beat any of us in a sick way. By far the exception. Others certainly hit me, however that being said, I certainly was an unruly student. They gave me a damn good education, whether I was open to it all the time or not.

[Tax-chick]

It’s probably relevant that I didn’t meet any religious sisters until I was an adult ;-).

[starlifter]

Ministers as what?? A buoy???

[big'ol_freeper]

You are SO absolutely correct. Those who rebel against Christ’s Church and claim the Bible as their only “Truth” are most often just parrots who’ve never given much thought to the Bible in its entirety. They simply regurgitate all over the place.

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 Since most Protestant ministers are addressed as “the reverend,” this puts a healthy distinction between the Catholic priest and the Protestant preacher, and does not place the priest on the same level as men who are not Catholic.

 

For the same reason, it is inconvenient for a Catholic to call a Protestant preacher “reverend,” because this is to indirectly confer legitimacy to his heretical confession. It is much better to call a Lutheran Mr. Jones instead of reverend Jones, or use the title Doctor or Professor, if it is applicable. In writing, it is sometimes necessary to refer to a Protestant as bishop, but the title should be lower case, e.g. bishop Philip Robinson, or Protestant bishop Robinson, as a sign of differentiation from the Catholic Bishop.

I really don't think these facts disqualify the thread from being a Caucus. But if you insists --  How about Ecumenical then?

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The facts do not berate or belittle Protestants. Could it please be an Ecumenical thread, then?

[baa39]

“If your eye should cause you to sin, pluck it out.”

So, I assume you are either perfect or blind, Mr. Sola?

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The thread label has been changed to "Ecumenical" - from this point forward antagonism is not allowed on this thread.

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