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]]> http://alesrarus.funkydung.com/archives/2622#comment-44615 gbm3 Sun, 24 Jun 2007 02:16:57 +0000 http://alesrarus.funkydung.com/archives/2622#comment-44615 I've been catching up on the First Things issues that I got in 2003 and noted this one (this week after Father's day, oddly enough): "Ordaining Women: Two Views" (http://www.firstthings.com/article.php3?id_article=472 ; Copyright (c) 2003 First Things (April 2003). ). (sorry my pop-ups aren't working for the links/quotes) "In other words, a Roman Catholic priest is not simply a father figure; he is a father. To state what has ceased to be obvious in a society governed in large measure by the principle of androgyny, fathers and mothers are not interchangeable. Women are not men and, therefore, cannot be priests any more than they can be fathers in the physical sense. If women can step into the role of priest, then it is no longer one of fatherhood." (I suggest reading both views: one from a current (in 2003) Lutheran woman Vicar, one from a former woman pastor who is now Roman Catholic ("As a former Lutheran pastor who is now (in 2003) Roman Catholic...").) (Note: the former pastor draws heavily from JPII's theology of the body.) gbm3 ---
(sorry my pop-ups aren't working for the links/quotes)

"In other words, a Roman Catholic priest is not simply a father figure; he is a father. To state what has ceased to be obvious in a society governed in large measure by the principle of androgyny, fathers and mothers are not interchangeable. Women are not men and, therefore, cannot be priests any more than they can be fathers in the physical sense. If women can step into the role of priest, then it is no longer one of fatherhood."

(I suggest reading both views: one from a current (in 2003) Lutheran woman Vicar, one from a former woman pastor who is now Roman Catholic ("As a former Lutheran pastor who is now (in 2003) Roman Catholic…").)

(Note: the former pastor draws heavily from JPII's theology of the body.)

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