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...
What is the caption for that photo? It kind of looks like Metropolitan Tikhon is getting Ben Shapiro's autograph, but I doubt that is what is happening....
ReplyDeleteThat’s what I think is happening.
DeleteI guess I'm confused then because I thought monastics would not care about autographs from celebrities?...(though I personally do like Ben Shapiro for the most part)
DeleteHow bad was the speech put into the mouth of Met. Tikhon by Jillions this year?
ReplyDeleteI pray to God the dear Metropolitan isn't receiving an autograph from Shapiro.
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