Recently, there was a woman ordained in Kentucky in defiance of the Catholic Church She has decided to be ordained and start her own congregation outside of the Catholic Church because she doesn't want to wait for the Catholic Church to allow women priest. Seventy percent of U.S. Catholics believe that women should be allowed to be priests, according to a New York Times/CBS News poll earlier this year. I found this interesting because although it says that it says in the scriptures that many of the Catholics believe that women should be allowed to become priests in the Church. Although many Catholics want females to become priests, the rule has stayed very strict. The former pope, Benedict XVI, reaffirmed the Catholic Church's ban on women priests and warned that he would not tolerate disobedience by clerics on fundamental teachings. Male priests have been stripped of their holy orders for participating in ordination ceremonies for women. From this, I gather that woman priests will not be allowed in the Catholic Church anytime soon.
Sunday, May 5, 2013
Female Priests in the Catholic Church
In this post I will be addressing the question: "Should women be able to enter the priesthood in the Catholic Church." The Church has always said no in response to this question and they use the teachings from the Bible to support the decision. The Church says "While women could publicly pray and prophesy in church" (1 Cor. 11:1–16), "they could not teach or have authority over a man" (1 Tim. 2:11–14), since these were two essential functions of the clergy. "Nor could women publicly question or challenge the teaching of the clergy" (1 Cor. 14:34–38). This means that the Catholic Church has not ever allowed a woman to become a priest in the Church. The Church Fathers rejected women's ordination, not because it was incompatible with Christian culture, but because it was incompatible with Christian faith. Thus, together with biblical declarations, the teaching of the Fathers on this issue formed the tradition of the Church that taught that priestly ordination was reserved to men. Throughout medieval times and even up until the present day, this teaching has not changed.
Recently, there was a woman ordained in Kentucky in defiance of the Catholic Church She has decided to be ordained and start her own congregation outside of the Catholic Church because she doesn't want to wait for the Catholic Church to allow women priest. Seventy percent of U.S. Catholics believe that women should be allowed to be priests, according to a New York Times/CBS News poll earlier this year. I found this interesting because although it says that it says in the scriptures that many of the Catholics believe that women should be allowed to become priests in the Church. Although many Catholics want females to become priests, the rule has stayed very strict. The former pope, Benedict XVI, reaffirmed the Catholic Church's ban on women priests and warned that he would not tolerate disobedience by clerics on fundamental teachings. Male priests have been stripped of their holy orders for participating in ordination ceremonies for women. From this, I gather that woman priests will not be allowed in the Catholic Church anytime soon.
Recently, there was a woman ordained in Kentucky in defiance of the Catholic Church She has decided to be ordained and start her own congregation outside of the Catholic Church because she doesn't want to wait for the Catholic Church to allow women priest. Seventy percent of U.S. Catholics believe that women should be allowed to be priests, according to a New York Times/CBS News poll earlier this year. I found this interesting because although it says that it says in the scriptures that many of the Catholics believe that women should be allowed to become priests in the Church. Although many Catholics want females to become priests, the rule has stayed very strict. The former pope, Benedict XVI, reaffirmed the Catholic Church's ban on women priests and warned that he would not tolerate disobedience by clerics on fundamental teachings. Male priests have been stripped of their holy orders for participating in ordination ceremonies for women. From this, I gather that woman priests will not be allowed in the Catholic Church anytime soon.
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