Pointers on clerical discipline-2
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| Archbishop Oscar V. Cruz |
Hereunder are some plain and simple pointers that could explain and/or clarify certain basic questions and issues about the Catholic Clergy – especially in conjunction with their discipline as far the Church herself is concerned as represented by her legitimate ecclesiastical authorities:
a.There is an essential difference between the priest and his clerical state although it is standard that the two realities remain together in one and the same man, while separable in fact they remain.
b.Once ordained a priest, a man remains a priest always, now and forever. That is why in reality and truth, there is no such thing as an “Ex-priest” in the whole wide world.
c.As a matter of course, a priest embraces the clerical state that spells out all his major and minor obligations such as praying the Breviary, obeying his Bishop and observing celibacy through a life of continence – in addition to living a life of virtues in general..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20110210com5.html
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