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CyrilSebastian
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Can a pastor perform his religious duties if he is not ordained?
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pianistclare
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tawny
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??? A Pastor is a Priest. A Priest is ordained.
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Kaliaa
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What duties specifically are you talking about? There are priestless parishes in which case there is a parish administrator who can be a Deacon or lay. A visiting priest comes in to celebrate mass and the other sacraments which require a priest.
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Bonnie
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Are you talking about Protestant pastors or Catholic pastors?
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CyrilSebastian
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The non-Catholic man is not referring to a Catholic priest in this thread.
He is referring to ministers of non-Catholic denominations such as Methodist and Baptist.
He is referring to ministers of non-Catholic denominations such as Methodist and Baptist.
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Bonnie
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You could have said so in your first post - it was confusing. Each Protestant denomination has it’s own criteria for ordaining - or not ordaining - its ministers. Your “non-Catholic man” would have to ask the individual churches.
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pensmama87
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Some denominations have ordinations, some do not.
In the popular evangelical “non-denominational” churches I know of, the “pastor” typically has some religious schooling, but not always, and feels “called” to start his own church. Admittedly, their understanding of this is very different from the Catholic understanding.
These pastors offer counseling to their members and preach. Their roles are basically whatever they feel like, or whatever keeps the membership growing and their salary paid.
In the popular evangelical “non-denominational” churches I know of, the “pastor” typically has some religious schooling, but not always, and feels “called” to start his own church. Admittedly, their understanding of this is very different from the Catholic understanding.
These pastors offer counseling to their members and preach. Their roles are basically whatever they feel like, or whatever keeps the membership growing and their salary paid.
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CyrilSebastian
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The non-Catholic man who attends a non-Catholic church said the pastor said she is being moved next year because the church cannot afford an ordained pastor.
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Wannano
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Yes she can.
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Bonnie
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Then the non-Catholic man should ask his pastor to explain or ask someone at the next level. Why would he think a Catholic would know the answer?
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Wannano
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This is non sequitur.
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ltwin
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I assume what is meant is that the church can no longer afford a full time pastor–and this pastor doesn’t feel like finding secular employment so she’s moving on to another church.
The church will need to find either temporary ordained ministers (perhaps retired supply pastors) whenever they can or find an ordained minister willing to work in secular employment while serving as pastor.
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Peter_J
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I’m going to agree with others that this question-clarification is important. I would expect a different answer from e.g. a Lutheran non-Catholic than from a Lamaist non-Catholic.
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jane_doe
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If you are trying to understand the actions of another faith, it is helpful to ID what that faith is. For example:
Some Methodists group have ordained and non-ordained priests. This ordination is essentially completion of a college degree program, and hence ordained priests are considered more knowledgable but also more expensive to hire.
On the flip side, some denominations don’t ordain anyone and consider the idea anti-Biblical.
Still other groups require all pastors/priests to be ordained.
Some groups don’t only have volunteer pastors, and no one gets paid.
As you can see, there is a huge variety in non-Catholic beliefs.
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Wannano
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Well put. There is no all encompassing definition of either pastor or ordainment.
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