Is it wrong to cite the 1917 Code of Canon Law

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You’re right I should not have said they “compliment each other”
 
DerKreuzritter said:
But just like Extraordinary Minister are used in Extraordinary Circumstances.
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Not exactly, Extraordinary ministers as opposed to Ordinary Ministers. Ordinary Ministers are the ordained, Extraordinary ministers are lay people.
 
The video is a personal opinion, and it seems this is confusing you. I would advise you to avoid these confusing opinions.
 
Michael Voris is not part of the Magisterium nor even a clergyman. He is an alarmist pundit. Listening to him over actual sources of authority in the Church is foolish.
 
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. The only one who can determine that females cannot be altar servers is the pastor in his parish, and there are no restrictions on the location or duties of the female servers.
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The bishop can also say, “no”, in his diocese, and the individual celebrant may also decline; the pastor cannot impose altar girls on either.
 
You could use the 1917 code of Canon Law but only as a way to illustrate what the 1983 code has to say. The Vatican has done this on occasion.
 
I got so frustrated at the lack of an online English version of the 1917 Code text I bought a hard copy translation so I could follow these arguments. The lengths an unbeliever will go to!
 
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There was a Lefebvrist on here not so long ago
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“Lefebvrist”… That reminds me if when protestestants call Catholics “Papists”. Like one’s entire religion is bound to one person…
 
It seems very sad if children are going to be excluded from parts of the life of the Church because we are worried about sexual abuse. We need to stamp out the abuse, not let the abusers win by withdrawing children from certain activities.

As for washing women’s feet, what’s the problem with that? It is permitted by the Church. It seems strange to wash children’s feet as a way of avoiding washing women’s feet.
 
It’s too risky! The problem is too deeply embedded. It’s more pervasive than the Vatican or many lay Catholics will admit or accept. It will take until the end of this century to cleanse the priesthood. It doesn’t have to be permanent. Allow all the lawsuits to be settled. Restructure and cleanse the seminaries, thus the priesthood. The Church can then start over.
 
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It’s a nice idea, but I don’t know how you prevent paedophiles from becoming priests any more than you can prevent them becoming teachers, doctors, nurses, social workers, choirmasters, children’s novelists, TV presenters, or members of parliament.
 
The late Archbishop Donoghue only washed the feet of men because the apostles were men. Some women were offended and would protest yearly. Archbishop Gregory nipped the issue in the bud by only washing the feet of children. Problem solved!
 
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The late Archbishop Donoghue only washed the feet of men because the apostles were men. Some women were offended and would protest yearly. Archbishop Gregory nipped the issue in the bud by only washing the feet of children. Problem solved!
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He still abandoned his principle of “only men because the apostles were men.” Doesn’t seem to solve anything.
 
Perhaps the Catholic Church should consult experts in psychology and psychiatry on how best to screen candidates for the priesthood.
 
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glencor63 said:
Perhaps the Catholic Church shuld consult experts in psychology and psychiatry on how best to screen candidates for the priesthood.
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The opinions of psychologists and psychiatrists in the ‘80’s were a big part of how the Church ended up in this mess.
 
All we can really do is pray for priests and victims.
 
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My point wasn’t the age of the problem. It was the fact that the Church received very poor advice from psychologists and psychiatrists on the past - all those years, as documented in the records from Boston, when “professionals ” thought that the disordered attraction leading to child abuse could somehow be “cured.”
 
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