Sentences with phrase «of women priests»

I was ordained in the second wave of women priests, the ones who didn't have to fight their way through, I wasn't used to this.

And to be fair, within just 20 years of women priests being possible it now has women making up about 50 % of those ordained as priests.

The photography seems feminist in sympathy; three photos of women priests seems a little more than is strictly required to illustrate the point that some denominations have women priests.

The Bishop's comment on Pope John Paul's magisterial rejection of women priests was recorded on Damian Thompson's blog:» «Well, according to Pope John Paul II, this was a definitive statement, wasn't it, so... [laughs] I couldn't possibly comment.»

Many theologians lobbied for elections of bishops by laity and, of course, pushed for the ordination of women priests.

Repeatedly he argued that the introduction of women priests, the new prayer book and other changes in the Episcopal Church had taken it out of the mainstream of Episcopalianism; that in fact the schismatic group, by separating itself from all that «error,» is the faithful remnant.

But now with the introduction of women priests into the Church of England increasing... More

When Dr. George Carey, the Archbishop of Canterbury, visited Pope John Paul II in May 1992, the two church leaders discussed the probable future ordination of women priests in the Anglican Church.

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I left the RC church (under the counsel of a charasmatic priest), studied in the ministry's program, and four years later was ordained in a pentacostal church... pastored by a woman.

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It comes from all classes of people, including straight females, albeit the numbers for women are lower than either priests or gay men.

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?)

You will never know what brings each woman to make the decision to terminate a pregnancy, but the simple fact remains: They know the circu.mstances of their lives better than any politician, priest or stranger like you.

I've heard none of this type of admonishment from the church pointed at the pedophile priests and those that covered for them... once again let's pick on women and blame them for the ills of the world and the banks - I mean churches...

How is it that an inspired woman could write scripture (e.g., Mary's song), and an inspired woman could determine for both a king and a high priest whether something is scripture (e.g., the prophet Huldah in 2 Kings 22 and 2 Chronicles 34)-- or at least could do these things in the time of the Old Testament — but an inspired woman can not now teach about God?

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).

It is also my understanding that women have chosen to use birth control without the consent of their priest — good for them.

Either that, or priests are forever in question of their vows of celibacy and are standing on the brink of having a torrid affair with a woman.

An Italian priest is being investigated by police on suspicion of prostituting up to 15 women.

It rules out anyone, priest or layman, encouraging them to go to Mass or giving them a ride to the church, letting them come to Bible studies or Sunday school, driving them to the doctor, giving them the food and clothing they need, counseling a pregnant woman against abortion or helping her take care of her baby.

Francis» enigmatic comments came during a meeting Sunday with CLAR, the Latin American and Caribbean Confederation of Religious Men and Women, who head Catholic communities of priests, sisters and monks.

They seem to be mostly about priest abusing little boys, Westboro Baptists saying God hates the families of fallen soldiers, politicians deciding that women now need two (not just one) unnecessary medical procedure before they can be allowed to make decisions about their bodies, and Christians telling couples who want to legally commit their lives to each other that they aren't allowed to do that.

So given the topic of this article — which is about Men of God diddling little boys — is the way priests look at children better than they way us filthy westerners look at women?

Terence Malick's latest film features an American (Ben Affleck) who falls in love with a French woman and a priest (Javier Bardem) who undergoes a crisis of 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?)

Now I have reread the two verses before the widows mite incident, I can see that Jesus was showing up the hypocritical attitudes of the priests who must have convinced this woman that unless she gave what they said was required she wood be insulting God.

18 The priest shall then have the woman stand before the Lord and let the hair of the woman's head go loose, and place the grain offering of memorial [k] in her hands, which is the grain offering of jealousy, and in the hand of the priest is to be the water of bitterness that brings a curse.

25 The priest shall take the grain offering of jealousy from the woman's hand, and he shall wave the grain offering before the Lord and bring it to the altar; 26 and the priest shall take a handful of the grain offering as its memorial offering and offer it up in smoke on the altar, and afterward he shall make the woman drink the water.

Anyone could be in the Court of Gentiles, and it was easy to figure out who could enter the Court of Women, but how could the priest stationed at the entrance to the Court of Israelite men keep out all those who were not Israelites?

He brings up women priests and bishops, the blessing of same - sex «unions» and «marriages» (he uses the quotation marks), and the ordination of homosexuals.

And so this anonymous woman finds herself in the untraditional position of priest and prophet.

So great and splendid is the educational ministry of Christian parents that Saint Thomas has no hesitation in comparing it with the ministry of priests: «Some only propagate and guard spiritual life by a spiritual ministry: this is the role of the sacrament of Orders; others do this for both corporal and spiritual life, and this is brought about by the sacrament of marriage, by which a man and a woman join in order to beget offspring and bring them up to worship God.

Thistle Farms - Founded in 1997 by Becca Stevens, an Episcopal priest on Vanderbilt's campus, Magdalene is a residential program for women who have survived lives of violence, prostitution and addiction.

«The second person of the Trinity is revealed as the eternal Son not daughter; the Father and the Son create man and woman in His image and give them the name man, the name of the male... God appoints all the priests in the Old Testament to be men; the Son of God came into the world to be a man; He chose 12 men to be His apostles; the apostles appointed that the overseers of the Church be men; and when it came to marriage they taught that the husband should be the head.»

In fairly short order, a community of laymen, lay women and priests dedicated to Our Lady were given permission by the Church to live together in poverty, chastity and obedience.

Coll's extensive research leads her to conclude that while women can not be ordained priests, as part of this authentic development, the Church could «ordain» women as deacons.

A barrage of such stuff, pouncing on any scandal that could be dug up and chipping away at the pontificate of Pope Benedict, not to mention the usual stuff about the need to elect a pope who would change the «policy» of the Church over such matters as abortion, gay marriage and women priests, had been unleashed almost immediately, once Benedict had been congratulated for bringing the papacy into the 21st century by resigning.

The Bible NEVER mentions abortion, but apparently gives instructions on how to cause one: (Numbers 5:26 - 27) «The priest is then to take a handful of the grain offering as a memorial offering and burn it on the altar; after that, he is to have the woman drink the water.

While the pope appeared to open one door Monday, he dismissed the possibility of ordaining women as priests.

For the first time in modern history, we have had Popes who as young priests met and worked with women at university as a matter of course and on ordinary terms.

They are then further disturbed that the headteacher loyally supports the staff member who has made the children shout out «penis» or «vagina» at the front of the class, or has said that the Church will one day ordain women priests, or has talked openly about their gay partner.

Yet mindful of Thomas à Kempis's words that it is better to be a devoted servant of God than somebody who can discourse wisely, I was delighted to learn the revealing information that the former parish priest of four US parishes has as heroes inspiring men and women of God: Simone Weil, Edith Stein (St Teresa of the Cross), Dorothy Day, Blessed John XXIII, Blessed John Paul II, Blessed Teresa of Calcutta and St Margaret Mary Alacoque.

This last policy has of course been up and running since the last exodus, that over women - priests: but it would have to be continued now.

All presiding ministers of the Church, from the Pope and the bishops down to the parish priests and chaplains, exist only so that there may be Christians, that is men and women who believe, hope and love, who bear their cross, who see light even in darkness, who firmly hope even against hope, men who have the folly and the courage to love in a loveless world.

Carter Heyward, one of the first eleven women ordained Episcopal priests in 1974, teaches theology at Episcopal Divinity School in Cambridge, Mass..

Founded in 1997 by Becca Stevens, an Episcopal priest on Vanderbilt's campus, Magdalene is a residential program for women who have survived lives of prostitution, trafficking, addiction and life on the streets.

Although they have had their fair number of scandals Greek Orthodox priests are not, for the most part, known to be pedophiles (and usually their affairs are with women!).

You could choose a female priest... no but wait, no allowed as although women have evolved in our modern world, they have not being allowed to do so in your house of god.

And, of course, you are so utterly clueless that you can't see the difference between asking someone to take off their baseball cap which they're wearing simply because they like wearing a baseball cap... and asking a woman to take off her faith - based scarf or an Amish man to shave his faith - based beard or a Sikh (which is * not * a Muslim faith) to take off his turban or a Catholic priest to take off his cross... well, if you can't figure out the difference yet, there's no hope for you.