Sr. Vassa: There's no ontological impediment to priestesses
Is the male-only priesthood a discipline or essential to the nature of being a priest? Sr. Vassa (again unflinchingly taking up a contentious topic by climbing up the ladder to the highest platform and then jumping into the deep end head first) dives right in and says there is no reason beyond personal preference to not have female clergy. You know, when people ask me about women in priesthood, they say, 'Sister, why can't women be priests?' And I say, 'Women CAN be priests. We don't WANT them to be priests.' Because you see, God can do anything, and the Church, by divine authority, uh, can do anything, but, the Church doesn't want to - and that's a legitimate reason. What I don't like is when we TRY to pretend that there are other reasons for this, because it's legitimate not to want something, and there are reasons not to want this - right? - but, we shouldn't pretent that there's some... reason, that, for example, the maleness...
I think I'm more troubled by the popular trend of everything being "AF". I know they're not talking about the Air Force, so I'm just wondering what parents are telling their kids in the checkout when the urchins read it on some magazine cover.
ReplyDeleteMy first thought for AF was atrial fibrillation. Oh I wish that were accurate and that I had not learned something which is not just slang but disrespectful of the human person. Father, would you mind posting a "warning, you may be about to encounter unwanted information/language" for the old-fashioned ROCOR crowd. My head covering hopefully serves as cultural ear and eye covering as well, so to speak. Thanks for anything you can do!
ReplyDeleteYes, won't anyone think of the poor ROCOR crowd, which is famously horrified by vulgarisms? Perhaps they could be replaced by their Russian equivalents. Chort!
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