Social Justice to the exlcusion of doctrine

[estesbob]

FWIW, Episcopal women are ordained as priests not priestesses.

And the connection with Social Justice may have something to do with inclusiveness.

What do you mean by inclusivness? Is letting a priestess participate in Mass when sheis specifially prohibited by Canon Law from dong so inclusivnes? Should Wiccans be allowed to join in, This is a prfect example of how social justice gets hijacked to jusify all sorts abuses.

 

[EHRAM]

What do you mean by inclusivness? Is letting a priestess participate in Mass when sheis specifially prohibited by Canon Law from dong so inclusivnes? Should Wiccans be allowed to join in, This is a prfect example of how social justice gets hijacked to jusify all sorts abuses.

I was not supporting the actions of the priest in Baltimore. In fact, I think he was quite wrong to allow anyone but a Catholic clergyman to read the gospel.

By inclusiveness, I meant that one of the tenets of social justice is that the advantages and disadvantages of a society should be distributed fairly among all members of that society, i.e. including all members, rather than excluding some on the basis of race, sex, national origin, religion, etc. I was trying to explain why someone might think there was a connection between this incident and social justice. You are correct in thinking that social justice, taken to an extreme, could be used to justify actions that are not right according to Church teaching.