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vsedriver
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they must be very uneducated Catholics. This matter has been decided for all time. The church does not have the authority to ordain women as priestesses.
Do any Protestant communities have valid Apostolic Succession?
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benjohnson
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It’s overexposed, and the lighting is horrid.
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ufamtobie
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Peter_J
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I’ve been looking for a new line to put in my signature.
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MaryT777
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The Catholic Church has no authority to ordain women for it’s non Biblical.
I won’t share the arguments for I know you’ve heard then.
I’m curious WHO in the LCMS would begin this initiative of women ordination and if women themselves would have a vote in the matter.
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GaryTaylor
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The Role of God’s Ministers.
1 Corintians 3 * 5What is Apollos, after all, and what is Paul? Ministers* through whom you became believers, just as the Lord assigned each one. 6I planted, Apollos watered, but God caused the growth.d 7Therefore, neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God, who causes the growth. 8The one who plants and the one who waters are equal, and each will receive wages in proportion to his labor. 9For we are God’s co-workers; you are God’s field, God’s building.e
10* According to the grace of God given to me, like a wise master builder I laid a foundation, and another is building upon it. But each one must be careful how he builds upon it, 11for no one can lay a foundation other than the one that is there, namely, Jesus Christ.
I think they were having an issue with carnal and spiritual at the time.
1 Corintians 3 * 5What is Apollos, after all, and what is Paul? Ministers* through whom you became believers, just as the Lord assigned each one. 6I planted, Apollos watered, but God caused the growth.d 7Therefore, neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God, who causes the growth. 8The one who plants and the one who waters are equal, and each will receive wages in proportion to his labor. 9For we are God’s co-workers; you are God’s field, God’s building.e
10* According to the grace of God given to me, like a wise master builder I laid a foundation, and another is building upon it. But each one must be careful how he builds upon it, 11for no one can lay a foundation other than the one that is there, namely, Jesus Christ.
I think they were having an issue with carnal and spiritual at the time.
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EvangelCatholic
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very funny!I hesitate to post this photo of female bishops in the Church of Sweden but I think Missouri Synod Lutherans as well as Roman Catholics should be exposed to how natural and right it is that women be given authority in the Church. The blessed Virgin Mary is the most honored and glorious woman, the very Mother of God, the feminine aspect of God. Why can’t faithful women follow Her example?
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MaryT777
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Aidan’s post and Jon’s we would see an increase in Orthodoxy if the LCMS or RC ever ordained women.
I agree with aidan that it will never happen for the HS would have to leave the Church.
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MaryT777
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They can right now in the RC.
I hesitate to post this photo of female bishops in the Church of Sweden but I think Missouri Synod Lutherans as well as Roman Catholics should be exposed to how natural and right it is that women be given authority in the Church. The blessed Virgin Mary is the most honored and glorious woman, the very Mother of God, the feminine aspect of God. Why can’t faithful women follow Her example?
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MaryT777
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There have been prior threads on why RC’s left the Church if you want to search for them;
it’s been hugely covered in the past. .
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GKC
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And not seek to be priests?
I hesitate to post this photo of female bishops in the Church of Sweden but I think Missouri Synod Lutherans as well as Roman Catholics should be exposed to how natural and right it is that women be given authority in the Church. The blessed Virgin Mary is the most honored and glorious woman, the very Mother of God, the feminine aspect of God. Why can’t faithful women follow Her example?
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GKC
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For some folks, I have found that to be so. Why one would expect a cultural norm to transcend a transcendent truth is perplexing, but not surprising.
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rfournier103
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As far as women in the Priesthood are concerned, I think that since there were no female Apostles, wouldn’t it stand to reason that by way of Apostolic Succession, they would not be part of the Priesthood? We are ALL called to be Disciples of Christ, but only a chosen few (chosen by the Holy Spirit) are called to the Priesthood.
A female Priesthood isn’t Biblical, is it? And the valid successors of the Apostles have upheld time and again that women just aren’t called to the Priesthood.
There were no women Apostles in the Bible. There were no women Bishops or Priests in the Early Church. And there have been no valid women Priests since then, either.
By the way, I don’t think women should be in infantry/combat roles, either. I have no issues with women as construction workers, polititians, police officers, firefighters, doctors, zoo-keepers, etc…, but the Priesthood and combat/infantry is where I think the line should be drawn.
As for the changing times, etc… Jesus was all knowing. I would have to believe that He would have forseen the modern world, and given women a more prominant role in His Ministry if He wanted them to be Priests.
Funny… some Protestants say we Catholics give to much honor and respect to Mary, but some of those same people want a greater role for women.
A female Priesthood isn’t Biblical, is it? And the valid successors of the Apostles have upheld time and again that women just aren’t called to the Priesthood.
There were no women Apostles in the Bible. There were no women Bishops or Priests in the Early Church. And there have been no valid women Priests since then, either.
By the way, I don’t think women should be in infantry/combat roles, either. I have no issues with women as construction workers, polititians, police officers, firefighters, doctors, zoo-keepers, etc…, but the Priesthood and combat/infantry is where I think the line should be drawn.
As for the changing times, etc… Jesus was all knowing. I would have to believe that He would have forseen the modern world, and given women a more prominant role in His Ministry if He wanted them to be Priests.
Funny… some Protestants say we Catholics give to much honor and respect to Mary, but some of those same people want a greater role for women.
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benjohnson
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There’s nothing ipso facto wrong with women preaching the Gospel from the pulpit, but we have to trust that God set His church up with male pastors for His reasons.
I hesitate to post this photo of female bishops in the Church of Sweden but I think Missouri Synod Lutherans as well as Roman Catholics should be exposed to how natural and right it is that women be given authority in the Church. The blessed Virgin Mary is the most honored and glorious woman, the very Mother of God, the feminine aspect of God. Why can’t faithful women follow Her example?
Like I said, I’m cordial and content with Lutheran female pastors in other Synods, but I won’t belong to a church that has them - for one act of disobedience to His designs seems to lead to another.
Frankly, as mothers, women have a much stronger place to speak the Gospel to the children than any pastor.
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I also think that those that are strong proponents of these novelties also need to wonder if these novelties don’t distract them from preaching the Gospel - from my vantage point it seem that these politics and novelties takes up more time than seems appropriate.
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vsedriver
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yes, why can’t faithful women follow her example. She never sought to be a priestess. She would have been a natural choice. In fact there were many holy women who were disciples of Jesus, they followed him and used their resources to support him. But Our Lord never singled any out for the role of priestess.
I hesitate to post this photo of female bishops in the Church of Sweden but I think Missouri Synod Lutherans as well as Roman Catholics should be exposed to how natural and right it is that women be given authority in the Church. The blessed Virgin Mary is the most honored and glorious woman, the very Mother of God, the feminine aspect of God. Why can’t faithful women follow Her example?
Women do have an influence on the Church. Their influence isn’t as glamorous but they have an impact. Everyone of the priests, bishops, and popes had a mother. Mothers shape the future.
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aidanbradypop
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Couldnt have said it better myself
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Peter_J
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Maybe a little funny. Not Jay-Leno-funny.Funny… some Protestants say we Catholics give to much honor and respect to Mary, but some of those same people want a greater role for women.
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Peter_J
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I wish I had a time machine so I could ask Martin Luther’s opinion on the idea of Mary as “the feminine aspect of God”. I bet it would be quite interesting.
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