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TC3033
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Saying they don’t go to church kind of sounds like they aren’t part of the family… 
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annad347
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Catholic also believe their priest are not different then anyone else, they too fall… do they not… then again, those who say their priest are no different to anybody else, means it in a different way?
What makes one priest more valid then another?
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fhansen
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Not necessarily at all. It just means that mama wants to tell her children when they’ve strayed. But the truth is that in common usage we still say they go to church
The term church has different meanings. When we saying we are going to church, we mean a worship service. We go to the church, which means the parish/ building. When we say we are a member of the ______ Church, Catholics teach it it isn’t a Church in a formal sense.Saying they don’t go to church kind of sounds like they aren’t part of the family…
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TC3033
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Yep, I get it.
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ltwin
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What a Protestant most likely means when they say “ministers are no different than anybody else” is that ministers are not priests set apart from the general body of Christians. They would say, all Christians are priests and therefore what distinguishes the clergy from the laity is not that the former group is a sacerdotal priesthood but that the former are set apart to shepherd and teach the flock.
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Horton
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Catholic priests are not ordinary men. Are they human? Yes. Do they fall? Yes. However they are ordained in a very exclusive brotherhood that not just anyone can join. In some non-Catholic faith traditions, especially non-denominational ones, anyone can just say, “hey I’m a pastor/preacher/leader of this church” and who is to say any different.
In the Catholic Church priests go through years of education and discernment before being receiving Holy Orders. They all go to college, and then years of study after, often 8-12 years. The men who become priests are answering a call from God.
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annad347
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Like a doctor… meaning education is what validated them.
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MichaelP3
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There can still be an argument about validity and all that but many many non-Catholic ministers go through the same level of education at accredited institutions.
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annad347
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If a Catholic priest goes through the process of becoming a Catholic priest, becomes validated to do his duties, but decided to change churches, does he lose his validation credentials?
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GKMotley
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Popcorn eating emoji, here.
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gohjedrek
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I am with you on this haha
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GKMotley
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I’ve been through such a spectacle a few times.
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annad347
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I dont understand, what does this mean?
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GKMotley
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It means that there is a particular emoji I liked to use, in the days when I could find it, showing a little smiley face eating from a bag of popcorn. The implication is that I’ll be watching how this progresses. As someone does at a sports event or a movie.
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annad347
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The fact that you can trace our Popes all the way back to Staint Peter, our first Pope, the only reason it is stated that the Catholic church is the one and only true church Jesus created?
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adf417
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No. The ability to trace the line of popes all the way back to St Peter it is “evidence of” not “the reason for”.po18guy:
The fact that you can trace our Popes all the way back to Staint Peter, our first Pope, the only reason it is stated that the Catholic church is the one and only true church Jesus created?
Peace!!!
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TomH1
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No, that is not what the Catholic Church teaches. A priest is different because he has been ordained. There is an ontological change.
A priest can:
- confirm in lieu of a bishop;
- celebrate the Mass;
- confect the Eucharist;
- absolve from sin;
- anoint with holy oils and sacred chrism;
- et alia.
Some Protestant denominations do not believe ministers are different from what we would call a layman.
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BartholomewB
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If the link opens, which I hope it will, you’ll find it about two-thirds of the way down.
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