Hi there!
Just a friendly visit and question from an Orthodox.
I've heard and read a number of places before that Catholics believe ordination to be irrevocable, and that even excommunicated or defrocked priests and bishops can perform the Sacraments, and that their sacraments are "valid" but "illicit." I'm come across this idea in a number of places.
But then I was reading an article about (ex) Archbishop Milingo in Africa, who sort of went off the deep end and got married by Rev. Moon... In the article it said both that the Catholic Church believed that, although excommunicated, he still had the power to perform real sacraments, but then it talked about four men that he had ordained as bishops, and said that the Church said that these men were still priests, not bishops.
Anyone able to clear this up for me? I'm confused... What does the Roman Catholic Church teach?
Grace and peace,
John
Just a friendly visit and question from an Orthodox.
I've heard and read a number of places before that Catholics believe ordination to be irrevocable, and that even excommunicated or defrocked priests and bishops can perform the Sacraments, and that their sacraments are "valid" but "illicit." I'm come across this idea in a number of places.
But then I was reading an article about (ex) Archbishop Milingo in Africa, who sort of went off the deep end and got married by Rev. Moon... In the article it said both that the Catholic Church believed that, although excommunicated, he still had the power to perform real sacraments, but then it talked about four men that he had ordained as bishops, and said that the Church said that these men were still priests, not bishops.
Anyone able to clear this up for me? I'm confused... What does the Roman Catholic Church teach?
Grace and peace,
John