Priest who broke celibacy vow joins Episcopal Church

Priest who broke celibacy vow joins Episcopal Church - CNN.com

He was such a cutie.

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Norm
IA PCA

In love he predestined us for adoption as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will. Ephesians 1:4-5

I think the priest is still a Papist, since he has not embrace any of the Sola's of Protestantism.

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Gil Garcia
Rehoboth Reformed Church (RCUS)
La Habra, CA

"Ignorance of this distinction between Law and Gospel is one of the principal sources of the abuses which corrupted and still corrupt Christianity." - Calvin's successor


"By the words of the law man is admonished and taught, not what he can do, but what he ought to do. How is it that you theologians are twice as stupid as schoolboys, in that as soon as you get hold of a single imperative verb you infer an indicative meaning...?"
-Martin Luther, The Bondage of the Will

Wow. So apparently you immediately abandon transubstantiation, belief in indulgences, allegience to the Pope, and all the rest once you leave the Catholic church. That was fast!

Of course, I think you could worship your shoes and be ordained somewhere in The Episcopal Church.

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Bill in Dayton, OH
Member of Redeemer OPC

"Show me Your ways, O LORD;
Teach me Your paths.
Lead me in Your truth and teach me,
For You are the God of my salvation;
On You I wait all the day." (Psalm 25:4-5)

O goodness. give me a break.

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"I thank Thee that many of my prayers have been refused. I have asked amiss and do not have, I have prayed from lusts and been rejected, I have longed for Egypt and been given a wilderness".-Unknown

Julio, Amaya
Clifton, NewJersey
Reformed Baptist Church of North Bergen

What do you mean by your comment?

Thanks

Oh the funniness if his lover's name is Mary. He left "Mary" to be with Mary.

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Josh Hicks, Chloë's Dad
Christ Covenant Reformed Presbyterian Church, RPCGA
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It is God that multiplies our sorrows.... God, as a righteous Judge, does it, which ought to silence us under all our sorrows; as many as they are, we have deserved them all, and more: nay, God, as a tender Father, does it for our necessary correction, that we may be humbled for sin, and weaned from the world by all our sorrows; and the good we get by them, with the comfort we have under them, will abundantly balance our sorrows, how greatly soever they are multiplied. - Matthew Henry

Actually, I dont' think he really has to give up any of those beliefs. If he ever actually had them, he can certainly continue to practice them within the ECUSA.

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Todd K. Pedlar
member, First Congregational Church, (CCCC) Cresco, IA
http://inprincipiodeus.solideogloria.com
http://puritanwisdom.blogspot.com

"As God did not at first choose you because you were high, He will not now forsake you because you are low."
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Toni Cunningham, Wife of Bill (Theognome)
Parkwoods OPC, Overland Park KS

"Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, As, to be hated, needs but to be seen; Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace." ~ Alexander Pope

Strictly speaking, I think, the vow of celebacy renounces marriage. Did this guy get married?

Chastity is a different story.

Priests I knew back in Butte Montana explained the difference to me once in an attempt to explain the behavior of some of their historic popes.

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Raymond Victor Bottomly
Providence Reformed Baptist Church, Tacoma, WA

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Now, Vic, since when did accuracy matter in the context of news?

Only reason hes leaving the Catholic Church and entering the Episcopal church is because he was caught having a romantic affair with a woman. Im just tired of hearing about this story. *sighs...

I don't believe TEC will care whether he's married or not. After all they cannonized a openly unrepentant homosexual as an Archbishop.

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Donald Jacobs
Roanoke VA.
Covenant Reformed Episcopal Church.

Cum vero infirmor tunc potens sum.

It seems everyone can be ordained in ECUSA, "converted" by a woman

Well it sounds better than "Became protestant out of lust"

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Martin - Reformed
Husband to the most godly, honorable and loyal wife Line
Searching for a Church
Webpage www.5solas.dk
Free Online Reformed Seminary - http://www.tnars.net
Soli Deo Gloria

Ironically, that's how Anglicanism sprang into being...not much has changed in 500 hundred years, eh?

At least it was a tryst with a woman of age.

Around here the local Catholic girls call him 'Father-What-a-Waste'. He is pretty popular with the raging hormone age of Catholic girls.

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We shall not adjust our Bible to the age; but before we have done with it, by God's grace, we shall adjust the age to the Bible. - Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Lawrence Underwood, Jr.
Pastor - Providence Family Fellowship / Mobile, Alabama
1644/46 LBC
My Blog - Imprimis

It's interesting to me that Rome talks about the unity and purity of "the one true Church" yet fails to discipline those who go against their doctrine. But what do you expect from an apostate church?

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Joshua F
Layman
Mountain View Community Church (Missionary Church Denomination)
Johnstown, CO

I have to wonder how you know this!

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Evie B.
New Members Class, RPCNA, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Remember not the former things, nor consider the things of old. Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert. -- Isaiah 43:18-19 (ESV)

Odd symmetry...kings leave Rome to get divorced, and priests leave to get married.

Yes - The Episcopal Church - you could see this one coming a mile away.

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Warren
Member, PCA
South Carolina

"For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek"
Romans 1:16

Imelda Marcos maybe?

Apparently he was also known as "Father Oprah"

'Father Oprah' leaves Catholic Church after being caught canoodling - TwinCities.com

I have a very broad ministry. No, wait, that didn't come out right.

I have a wide range of contacts.

No, that's not quite right either.

Um, here goes again:

My daughter has a couple of friends who are Catholic. They are 'good' girls, a distinct minority in the parochial schools around here. Add that to the fact the Mobile is still a very Catholic place (thanks a lot d'Iberville) and it is not difficult to find out what is going on.

Unless you're too orthodox. Young conservatives often have a very rough go of it in Episcopal seminaries... for that matter, in PC(USA), Evangelical Lutheran, and many Roman Catholic seminaries as well. Faithfulness, if made a problem (that is, if vocalized), is easily deemed "rigidity" and "immature faith" by those in charge. They might send you to the shrinks.

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Nathan Tyler
Reformed Baptist
University of Toronto (Student: Hons. B.A. in Philosophy)
Ontario, Canada

1689'er

http://nathantyler.wordpress.com

Serious question: To whom is "the Holy Father" a reference?

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Daniel
PCA
Memphis, TN

it is a reference to the pope of rome.

Seriously? He's the (capitalized) "Holy Father"? Wow. When I first read that quote, I didn't think anything of it, assuming it was talking about the true Father. When I went back through the article, it hit me that might be a reference to the pope. Incredible.

Papa Ratzi, aka Joe Ratzinger

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