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Yes, a Roman Catholic Priest can adopt children. In 1981, the Vatican granted permission to Fr. George Clements, of Holy Angels Catholic Church in Chicago the permission to adopt a child, and he later adopted three more. I expect another Catholic Priest seeking to do so would need permission, but not necessarily from the Vatican.
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The Church had been initially organized in 1830 with Joseph Smith as the first Elder and Oliver Cowdery as the second. In 1832, Joseph Smith organized a First Presidency and appointed two counselors. One of these was Sidney Rigdon, The other was excommunicated in 1833 and his replacement disappeared about 1837. Oliver Cowdery had been appointed Assistant ...
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The short answer is, “it is theoretically possible but unlikely and uncommon.”
I will begin by pointing out that some Catholic priests are, in fact, married: most of these are Eastern Catholic clergy or converts from Anglicanism who were married before being ordained priests; the rest are priests who have been laicized (i.e., they are forbidden from ...
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Originally there was no age requirements mentioned when Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery received the Aaronic Priesthood on May 15, 1829.1 Doctrine and Covenants also do not mention a specific age.2 It was a custom early on in the church to generally only ordain adult males, only allowing a small number of youths, but there was no specific doctrine or ...
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The churches of the Anglican Communion recognize the validity of Holy orders conferred by the Roman Catholic Church, so that a Bishop, Priest or Deacon who converted from Catholicism to Anglicanism, would remain a Bishop, Priest or Deacon, and could serve in the appropriate roles in the Anglican Church, subject to the relevant canon(s) of the various ...
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Actually cardinals, bishops and pope, all hold one and the same degree of Holy Orders in the Catholic Church. All of them are bishops.
Pope: Bishop of Rome is called Pope. As the bishop of Rome he is considered to be first amongst equals.Supremacy of Popes Pope just means Father/Papa
Cardinals: They are special bishopssee note 1 chosen by the Pope to help ...
answered Apr 26 '13 at 14:37
Jayarathina Madharasan
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Pay close attention to the words and what they are referring to here:
1 Samuel 1:1
There was a certain man of Ramathaim-zophim of the hill country of Ephraim whose name was Elkanah the son of Jeroham, son of Elihu, son of Tohu, son of Zuph, an Ephrathite.
Samuel, and even his father, were not Ephrathites, for Ephrathites were generally Judahites. Zuph ...
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Catholic priests are called 神父 "Shenfu" (Mandarin) or "Sunfu" (Cantonese), literally "God- father". For reference please go to http://zh-yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%A5%9E%E7%88%B6; then click on English (on the left hand side) to see a (rough, not very precise) translation of the page.
Another source is myself: Chinese is my native language and this is the ...
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The short answer to 'Why are there only male popes?' is 'Because there are only male priests.' The Church spells out the why of that practice in a formal doctrinal statement within the Catechism of the Catholic church -- article 1577 presents the basic support for this position.
The Catechism uses varied references to support its teachings: Scripture ...
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The answer is both 'yes' and 'no'. A priest can resign from the priesthood and seek dispensation from his clerical obligations, yet the Church will always regard him as a 'laicised' priest, since ordination is regarded as irrevocable.
Canon 1583: It is true that someone validly ordained can, for a just reason, be discharged from the obligations and ...
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The policy for who presides at sacrament meeting is found in Handbook 2, 18.2*:
The bishop oversees ward meetings. He presides at these meetings
unless a member of the stake presidency, an Area Seventy, or a General
Authority attends. His counselors may conduct ward meetings and may
preside if he is absent. Presiding authorities and visiting high
...
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The strongest restriction is that the priests of the Israelite nation could only be from the tribe of Levi, and specifically on descendants of Aaron. Some verses showing this include Numbers 3:10, 3:38 and 16:40:
... This was to remind the Israelites that no one except a descendant of Aaron should come to burn incense before the Lord ...
The kingship was ...
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Short answer:
Jesus did not ordain women.
Long Answer:
It is because of Christ's example in sacred scripture and because of Apostolic Tradition (Tradition with a capital 'T'). The Church does not consider herself authorized to change this. Christ could have ordained women to priesthood. He had the power to do that and he chose not to. Christ chose those ...
answered Apr 29 '14 at 7:01
Jayarathina Madharasan
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St. Alphonsus di Liguori used to pray: "Nos cum prole pia benedicat Virgo Maria." (May the Virgin Mary bless us with her pious offspring [Jesus].) Thus it seems she has the ability to bless, yet this isn't necessarily reserved to ordained priests in all circumstances.
She is a "priest" (or sacerdote, "a giver of the sacred"), but she was not ordained a ...
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(1) Does the LDS Prophet claim the Petrine Seat?
The simple answer to this quesion is "yes," but that's not quite right. The LDS Church recognizes Peter as an apostle of Jesus Christ and as head of the primitive church by virtue of receiving the keys of the sealing authority (Matt 16:19).
However, we believe that the primitive church came to an end in a ...
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Not explicitly, that being said, there are a variety of scriptures that indicate that men are to be ordained to the priesthood, rather than women.
There are no scriptures where it speaks of the priesthood in terms of daughters or mothers. The Priesthood has always been a Patriarchal order, even in the beginning with Adam.
Examples:
Numbers 3:3
“These ...
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Assuming civil law allows the clergy to adopt, an answer would have to address whether Catholic canon law permits it. It would seem not because fathering children would detract from his obligations to the Church (which is a reason why priests cannot marry); he certainly could run an orphanage for such children.
According to this, it isn't a situation ...
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If the Pope could, then a priest could.
It is commonly believed that Pope Pius IX "adopted" a boy in very extenuating circumstances in 1856 and created in international scandal.
The Mortara Affair began on this date in 1856 when a contingent of papal police kidnapped 6-year-old Edgardo Mortara from his parent’s apartment in Bologna because Church higher-...
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What should a priest who commits a mortal sin just before Holy Mass do, if confession is not available?
The priest in question must make a perfect act of contrition as best he can and must go to confession as soon as possible. He may under some circumstances still say Mass. The Church has very clear guidelines on this subject:
When receiving or ...
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The question of whether you are called to be a priest, or really any other specific calling, is not one you make on your own. If you feel you might be called to such a thing you should follow a number of steps. Since we don't give personal spiritual advice, this will be generic advice.
First, pray about it. Ask God to show you whether he is really calling ...
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This is not an LDS perspective, but a Biblical one. Hebrews 5:6 states (quoting Psalm 110):
You are a priest forever,
in the order of Melchizedek.
Then in 7:15-16:
15 And what we have said is even more clear if another priest like
Melchizedek appears, 16 one who has become a priest not on the basis
of a regulation as to his ancestry but on the ...
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Every sacrament requires the proper matter and form. For example, baptism needs water and the form "I baptize you in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen." The sacrament of Holy Communion requires unleavened bread and the form "This is my body… etc."
The same goes for the sacrament of Holy Orders, whose matter is a male. One ...
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To avoid carreerism. Young priests turning into monsignors can get really proud of their nobiliarchic title.
No. Current monsignors keep being monsignors.
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According to Author: McConkie, Mark L.
Latter-day Saint scriptures speak of a unique class of beings, persons whom the Lord has "translated" or changed from a mortal state to one in which they are temporarily not subject to death, and in which they experience neither pain nor sorrow except for the sins of the world. Such beings appear to have much greater ...
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They are obviously not re-sacrificing Christ when they say the Mass
It's true enough that they are not re-sacrificing Christ. But in a mystical way the Catholic priest acts in persona Christi to offer, in an unbloody way, the very same sacrifice that was offered in a bloody way on Calvary. Here is the modern Catholic Catechism (paragraph 1367), quoting the ...
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It's important to distinguish between two kinds of clerical titles:
Those that derive from the reception of the sacrament of Order and indicate a permanent character in the recipient's soul, which can never be taken away and persists even beyond death
Those that indicate an ecclesiastical office that is held by appointment or election for a determinate ...
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An etymology-based perspective
Here are some meanings for these roles based on the original meanings as used in the New Testament. Many denominations attempt to use these terms in the same way, such as the Brethren, Presbyterians and some Baptist churches.
Pastor: a shepherd. Someone who looks after the 'flock' of God: his people. Pastors are listed in ...
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From the point of view of Catholicism, the first part of this question might be, "Why does anyone at all need to consecrate the Eucharist?" After all, if no one needs to consecrate it, then a fortiori it is not necessary for a priest to consecrate it.
As usual, I went to the Summa Theologica to check out what the Church's greatest theologian had to say. I ...
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I submit that there may be a practical reason for the sing-songy voice, and I have tested the reason myself, with the help of a friend.
First, I read a passage from Scripture in a normal speaking voice, at normal volume, from the lectern in a large, "traditionally" furnished Episcopal church, and had my friend move back in the nave as I was speaking until ...
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