To: marshmallow
Nope, because the Deacon program is designed to prepare men for the priesthood. Now some will be married "Permanent Deacons", but when their wives die, if they want, they CAN enter the priesthood.
Sounds like just another way to foment dissent.
2 posted on
04/29/2013 5:02:20 PM PDT by
SuziQ
To: SuziQ
but when their wives die, if they want, they CAN enter the priesthood.Incorrect. That's why it's called the Permanent Diaconate.
4 posted on
04/29/2013 5:13:49 PM PDT by
A.A. Cunningham
(Barry Soetoro can't pass E-verify)
To: SuziQ
Altar service is a stepping stone to the priesthood too, and that’s been infiltrated.
13 posted on
04/29/2013 6:02:00 PM PDT by
informavoracious
(The ancient Greeks and Romans thought they were on the "right side of history.")
To: SuziQ
I believe you are right. They cannot remarry and can proceed to another step of Holy Orders: Diaconate — Priesthood — Episcopate (Bishop).
14 posted on
04/29/2013 6:03:15 PM PDT by
Salvation
("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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