tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post630664831192403420..comments2024-03-28T05:17:04.006-04:00Comments on southern orders: MARRIED FORMER ANGLICAN PRIEST/BISHOP ORDAINED FOR DIOCESE OF SAVANNAH AND ANGLICAN ORDINARIATEFr. Allan J. McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16986575955114152639noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-71611407542376313892014-01-06T08:08:50.132-05:002014-01-06T08:08:50.132-05:00I can see a new category for annulment petitions: ...I can see a new category for annulment petitions: clergy who marry prior to ordination out of fear of losing the privilege to do so after ordination. Rood Screenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09816036539243214384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-4520434679357864792014-01-06T06:13:47.219-05:002014-01-06T06:13:47.219-05:00The problem with a married parochial clergy would ...The problem with a married parochial clergy would be as follows:<br />1. It would create two orders of priests; one which would be eligible for the episcopate, and one which would not (the Latin Church is hardly likely to go further than the Greek Church and allow married bishops).<br />2. Diocesan clergy often have to be moved at short notice. This would not be feasible if they had families with children in school.<br />In the CofE clergy apply for their jobs, as in any other profession.<br />3. In the CofE priests may marry after ordination, in the Protestant tradition. In the Apostolic Churches a man may not marry after taking deacon's Orders. So a young man who wishes to combine the vocations of marriage and priesthood might be in too much of a hurry to tie the knot, and you know what they say about marrying in haste.<br /><br />Although a celibate clergy is a matter of discipline rather than dogma, it was enjoined by the Council of Nicaea in 325 and by the eleventh century clerical marriage was regarded by Rome as an abuse, although it persisted for some time after that.<br /><br />Anglicans sometimes need to be reminded that their schismatic and heretical status as Protestant ecclesial community was a result of Acts of Parliament passed during the reigns of Henry VIII and Edward VI, repealed under Mary I, and re-enacted by Elizabeth I. The Episcopal Church of the USA might not be "by law established" but the organization to which it is affiliated (loose as this affiliation may be) most certainly is.John Nolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09027156691859606002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-4187522796746168312014-01-05T14:16:32.988-05:002014-01-05T14:16:32.988-05:00The Pope could allow married priests starting toda...The Pope could allow married priests starting today. I wish he would. I think he should.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com