Sentences with phrase «as a priest for»

I now understand better the conservative character and structure of the church, having been working within it (or at its edges) as a priest for about 16 years.

Not exact matches

UCU traces its history to 1929, when its predecessor was founded as a seminary for Eastern - Rite Catholic priests.

The Vatican's finance chief Cardinal George Pell Tuesday became the highest - ranked Catholic to be sent for trial over historic sex offences, as the elderly priest vowed to fight the charges.

This being said, when gay and lesbians want to promote their views as normal or that would be permissible for a priest or bishop to be a practising homosexual, I disagree based on the clear statements of Scripture.

New York Times: Women as Priests Reformers within the Roman Catholic Church have been calling for the ordination of women as priests.

«Responsible homosexuals would join Paul in condemning anyone who uses children for sex, just as we would join anyone else in condemning the threatened gang rape in Sodom or the behavior of the sex - crazed priests and priestesses in Rome.

«Today Cardinal Dolan had the long - awaited opportunity to talk about his decision nine years ago in Milwaukee to publicize the names of priests who had abused children and how he responded to the tragedy of past clergy sexual abuse of minors, during the time he was privileged to serve as archbishop of Milwaukee,» Joseph Zwilling, a spokesman for the Archdiocese of New York, said in a written statement.

Almost two years after racy photos exposed his relationship with a woman and prompted the end of his tenure as a Roman Catholic priest and media star, Albert Cutie on Monday said celibacy is not necessary or particularly healthy for those aiming to heed God's call.

If someone is guilty of a crime in this litany of «neithers» they should or should have been penalized as the law dictates to include jail terms for pe - dophiliacs (priests, rabbis, evangelicals, boy scout leaders, married men / women), divorce for adultery (Clinton, Kennedy, Woods), jail terms for obstruction of justice (Clinton, Cardinal Law, Bevilacqua?)

as for the priest guy — catholic or not — i hope you are casting demons out in jesus name — cause if your doing these thing in your own power — and not in jesyus name — it ai nt established and the demigods will just laugh at you..

This can be verified in Jerimiah 7:21, as well as by noting that G - d reduced access to sacrifices all through the entire Tanach; originally each man was a priest in his own home, offering sacrifices whenever and wherever (Cain, Abel, Abraham), but at Mt. Sinai it was reduced to a single place (the tabernacle / temple) and to assigned priests; this was fine for 40 years of wandering, but as soon as they entered «the promised land», the tabernacle traveled with the army, and those left behind as settlers in the new land had no more access to it.

There were also the Hussite Wars from 1419 to circa 1434 in which the Roman Catholic Church went to war against followers of Jan Hus, a priest, philosopher, and master at Charles University in Prague who had tried to reform the Church, condemning its sale of indulgences, which were the equivalent of a «get out of jail» card in the game of Monopoly in that the Church sold them as a means for believers to get out of Purgatory.

At least one place Lewis explains this problem was in the Screwtape letters, where a demon exclaims, «How much better for us if all humans died in costly nursing homes amid doctors who lie, nurses who lie, friends who lie, as we have trained them, promising life to the dying, encouraging the belief that sickness excuses every indulgence, and even, if our workers know their job, withholding all suggestion of a priest lest it should betray to the sick man his true condition!»

Remember evidence, as is the case today, was not required for the faithful to conclude that a person or group are «evil» the word of a priest sufficed.

As the story crystallizes around Walt's determination to change by protecting his next - door neighbors» kids from a street gang of their Asian peers, the priest keeps popping up, gradually winning Walt's respect and forcing him to consider the moral implications of his urge to be a vigilante and perhaps go too far for his own legal and moral good.

If someone is guilty of a crime in this litany of «neithers» they should or should have been penalized as the law dictates to include jail terms for pedophiliacs (priests, rabbis, evangelicals, boy scout leaders, married men / women), divorce for adultery (Clinton, Kennedy, Woods), jail terms for obstruction of justice) Clinton, Cardinal Law), jail for embellizing / money laundering (the topic rabbi) and the death penalty or life in prison for murder («Kings David and Henry VIII).

Too many priests simply want laypeople to submit to church authority and tradition, and too many laypeople regard Orthodoxy as nothing more than a collection of rituals from which they pick and choose what works for them.

* Ezekiel 21:23 And it shall be unto them as a false divination in their sight, to them that have sworn oaths: * Hebrews 7:21 (For those priests were made without an oath; but this with an oath by him that said unto him, The Lord sware and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec:)(The Lord will repent himself read * Deut 32:36) * Genesis 6:6 And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heaFor those priests were made without an oath; but this with an oath by him that said unto him, The Lord sware and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec:)(The Lord will repent himself read * Deut 32:36) * Genesis 6:6 And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heafor ever after the order of Melchisedec:)(The Lord will repent himself read * Deut 32:36) * Genesis 6:6 And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.

It occurred to me that the «We relate best to God as we relate to a male» debate is perhaps moot as one who is in the position of mediating the relationship is surely a priest... a position we apparently have no need for since the incarnation.

In contrast, as The Daily Beast pointed out, it's taken years for the Church to take action in many cases of priests who have abused children.

Brunne is described as the «first openly lesbian bishop in the world,» living «in a registered homosexual partnership» — with another lesbian priest — and «has received a church blessing» for it.

To my mind, if one is looking for a priest, then sure, restrict it to males (although that is still a debatable restriction), but if one recognises Jesus as the one and only priest (1 Tim 2:5 *), there is no debate, and excuse for exclusion.

I heard a rumor, that the Vatican thought a better punishment for Aziz, would be to dress him as an altar boy and leave him with a group of priests...

As for what this priest wrote, he forgets that most Catholic parishes, at least in the USA, depend very heavily on retired men and women to help out with many parish duties, from helping to serve communion at daily Mass to assisting with the front office or helping out with various ministries, so to say seniors have been forgotten by the Church is not true...

The RCC will fall because it has worn a millstone around her neck for as long as it has harbored abusive priests and turned it's back on the innocent.

Charles Krauthammer called it an «accounting gimmick,» as did Paul Rahe of Hillsdale College, writing for National Review Online, where he said Obama's compromise was a «farce,» a «snare and a delusion» designed to permit «bishops, priests, and nuns to save face while, in fact, paying for the contraception and abortifacients that the insurance companies will be required to provide.»

The government has created the State Administration for Religious Affairs under its United Front Work Department to keep a close eye and a short leash on practitioners, effectively installing itself as the high priest presiding over the internal affairs of religious organizations.

Alabama's immigration law, still unsettled, «makes it illegal for a Catholic priest to baptize, hear the confession of, celebrate the anointing of the sick with, or preach the word of God to, an undocumented immigrant,» as the Archbishop of Mobile, Thomas Rodi, said last year when he joined a suit against the law.

Inside, the atmosphere began hopefully and then trailed away into resignation, as folks slowly acknowledged that the priests would have been there for the Office and then for Mass if they were ever going to show up for confessions.

Marking a new era for the Roman Catholic Church in England, three former Anglican bishops were ordained as Catholic priests in London on Saturday, the first to take advantage of a new Vatican program that makes it easier for dissatisfied Anglicans to enter Catholicism.

And as for Al's comment on priests giving up molesting children... shame on you.

You have that report that the Pope allegedly claimed that 1 in 50 priest are pedophiles, you have that sickening incident in Arizona where radical FLDS members allegedly half buried a kitten in cement as a warning to a former member (the poor thing was trapped for hours and later died).

5oo, ooo priests for 1.2 billion Catholics - There is the answer to why the abusing priests were tolerated.The conclave elected exactly who they wanted to be Pope - Someone who would not rock the boat.I believe Pope Benedict was advised to retire in light of the Federal indictment pending so this would not involve a standing Pope and the possiblity of him being found guilty.I further think this new election of Pope will allow the Church to change it's stance on the very controvertial issues the Church is facing ie.female priests being one, the decisions appearing more acceptable coming from a new head as opposed to reversed stance of standing Pope.This decision to retire, in the Churchs» view I believe is damage control and not neccessarily Pope Benedict's desire.If looked at for what it is - A very slick maneuver indeed.

Presbuteros is sometimes translated as elder; by a longer route it is also the Greek root for the English word priest.

see I'm right down the middle, see how many directions I go lol... And for all you that think only priest to blame,,, hate to break it to yeah but even your family ancestry has pedophiles in it,,, as no one escapes this horror, and denying it helps enable it!

Just pointing out that considering the mistranslations and following incorrect beliefs there is very little in the bible that you can take for granted, or as having been given «directly from god», many priests / pastors take this statement and run with it saying that that is where you have to have «faith».

If someone is guilty of a crime in this litany of «neithers» they should or should have been penalized as the law dictates to include jail terms for pedophiliacs (priests, rabbis, evangelicals, boy scout leaders, married men / women), divorce and alimony payments for adultery (Clinton, Kennedy, Woods), jail terms for obstruction of justice (Clinton, Cardinal Law, B16?)

To many priests and lay Christians, the publication of the recent list will be regarded not as a gesture of transparency on the part of O'Malley, but as a lamentably short - sighted legal and public relations maneuver, showing little care for the reputations of priests.

And for all you that think only priest to blame,,, hate to break it to yeah but even your family ancestry has pedophiles in it,,, as no one escapes this horror, and denying it helps enable it!

yes much has to be discerned in the book of remembrance, so called OT, for the priest did all go astray from the ways of YHWH, but one must read, pray, and do the righteous ways of YHWH to get His anointment to understand, and call 1-773-874-0325, YHWH Our Righteousness, the Movement, and arm, and Branch of YHWH, prophesied in Jeremiah 23 vs. 1 - 8, and Jeremiah 33 vs. 14 - 21, also as described in Isaiah 59, and Malachi 3 vs.1 - 4, to get any answers to any questions about this book.

'' «If any man's wife goes astray and is unfaithful to him, 13 and a man has intercourse with her and it is hidden from the eyes of her husband and she is undetected, although she has defiled herself, and there is no witness against her and she has not been caught in the act, 14 if a spirit of jealousy comes over him and he is jealous of his wife when she has defiled herself, or if a spirit of jealousy comes over him and he is jealous of his wife when she has not defiled herself, 15 the man shall then bring his wife to the priest, and shall bring as an offering for her one - tenth of an ephah of barley meal; he shall not pour oil on it nor put frankincense on it, for it is a grain offering of jealousy, a grain offering of memorial, a reminder of iniquity.

The Israelite priests would have read the letters in reverse as Hu / Hi — in other words, the hidden name of God was Hebrew for «He / She.»

It as been rightfully criticized in the past for retaining priests who have molested children.

Had your mom wanted to become a priest she would have been thrown out of the church just for trying, I'm not sure how that could be viewed as anything other than oppression.

jwt, yeahright, tom tom on the pipe, and others YHWH made this law of life for all the people of this earth, so to say your god is redundant, and at a lost for as He states in Isaiah 56, and in Exodus 33 vs. 16 this is for all nations, and people of this earth those who were mislead, and not taught properly by these priest, popes, false prophets, elders, and shepherds, as YHWH taught us of them all misleading the flocks, in Malachi 2, Jeremiah 23 vs.1 - 8, Ezekiel 20, and Ezekiel 34, yet YHWH will save them all when His day comes, as said in Isaiah 51 vs. 5, that His righteousness is near.

The London Evening Standard: Bailiffs raid Hindu temple as priests refuse to move out for Travelodge Bailiffs have carried out a dawn raid on a Hindu temple, evicting priests and seizing its sacred contents.

As long as you keep getting your information from a tainted source (read a christian minister or catholic priest that spins information for their own benefit), you will continue to look ignorant to facts and the trutAs long as you keep getting your information from a tainted source (read a christian minister or catholic priest that spins information for their own benefit), you will continue to look ignorant to facts and the trutas you keep getting your information from a tainted source (read a christian minister or catholic priest that spins information for their own benefit), you will continue to look ignorant to facts and the truth.

I share my talents generously to my church, and have never requested any payment for them, I pledge as much as my limited finances will allow, and spend much time at my church, instituting new worship programs (as my priest requested), and yet I am constantly criticized for the smallest «infraction» by this same person.

This fundamental theology, which insofar as it is reasonable may be publicly proposed to all, must become the base for the cultural formation of the new generation of priests... I would call rather for a great synergy of creative thought in various fields».

I also chose to be known as Father Wil when I became a priest so that the male priests and I would have the same title — which in that church they also used for God.