Thursday, November 08, 2007

Women warned against Catholic ordination

In another story (this one from the AP), readers gain more insights into the mindset of two women who are soon-to-be excommunicated...

ST. LOUIS—The St. Louis Archdiocese has warned two Roman Catholic women that they will be excommunicated if they are ordained as priests on Sunday.

Rose Marie Dunn Hudson, 67, and Elsie Hainz McGrath, 69, are set to be ordained by a former nun as part of the Roman Catholic Womenpriests movement that began in 2002.
Of course, both will ignore Archbishop Burke.

"It's a typically hierarchical form of intimidation, and we will not be intimidated," McGrath said.

McGrath's response is no surprise. Church history has numerous examples of heretics and schismatics speaking the same way all throughout history. For someone who supposedly has a "theology" degree, one would think she would understand that the CHurch is a hierarchically structured institution.

"What is he going to do, burn us at the stake, or what?" Hudson asked...
Were we living in the middle ages, where such a punishment might have been inflicted, would these women claim to be so brave? Of course not - their alleged "calling" would be ignored for what it truly is, a temptation from the father of lies.

"We're going to just totally ignore it. This is not unexpected. We wondered why it took so long."
Likewise, they ignore the King of kings and the Lord of lords, Who granted His authority to His Church...


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