Would you be more likely to join…

[Love365]

Would you be more likely to join the Catholic Church,
if they had women priests, bishops, and cardinals?

 

[Michie]

No. I don’t go to Church for those reasons. And I’m a convert. Did not bother me in the slightest.

 

[Reasonably Sane]

Would you be more likely to join the Catholic Church,
if they had women priests, bishops, and cardinals?

Nope. Comically, my daughter, who used to think it was a cult, is noW Catholic. But she's so deep into it that I call her a "pre-vatican-2" catholic. She's into wearing the head covering, daily mass, etc. She's autistic and needs the "order" in her life. They are a perfect fit for her without leaving Christianity for something like Islam.

Edit at 09:35 on July 27: Changed "not catholic" to "noW catholic". Sorry about that. Especially to those that reacted to the post.

 

[PloverWing]

Not significantly, no. My chief disagreement with the Catholic Church is their view of church authority, and that disagreement would still be present if they changed their views of gender.

 

[Clare73]

Not significantly, no. My chief disagreement with the Catholic Church is their view of church authority, and that disagreement would still be present if they changed their views of gender.

Their view, or the apostle Paul's view regarding the assembly (1 Tim 2:11-12), who received his teaching from Jesus? (Gal 1:11-12)?

 

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[AlexB23]

Would you be more likely to join the Catholic Church,
if they had women priests, bishops, and cardinals?

Yeah, as long as they did not support trans stuff or abortions. Oh wait, I am already Catholic.

 

[Clare73]

Yeah, as long as they did not support trans stuff or abortions. Oh wait, I am already Catholic.

Oops!

 

[AlexB23]

Oops!

So, yes, if my Catholic church had women priests, I will not leave the church. But as soon as the priests push abortions and trans stuff on us, then I will relocate to a different church. As of April 2024, the church that I go to only has male priests.

 

[Clare73]

So, yes, if my Catholic church had women priests, I will not leave the church. But as soon as the priests push abortions and trans stuff on us, then I will relocate to a different church. As of April 2024, the church that I go to only has male priests.

I don't think the Catholic church ordains women to the priesthood. . .

 

[AlexB23]

I don't think the Catholic church ordains women to the priesthood. . .

Yeah, as of 2024, there are no women priests in the Catholic Church, hopefully that changes.

 

[Michie]

I don't think the Catholic church ordains women to the priesthood. . .

They don’t.

 

[Clare73]

Yeah, as of 2024, there are no women priests in the Catholic Church, hopefully that changes.

No, no, no. . .that would put them in disagreement with NT authoritative apostolic teaching (1 Tim 2:11-12).

 

[AlexB23]

No, no, no. . .that would put them in disagreement with NT authoritative apostolic teaching (1 Tim 2:11-12).

Well, I am in the middle on this one. Mary gave birth to Jesus, so I feel that women can be vessels for spreading the Good News also, but I will not debate on that.

 

[Michie]

Well, I am in the middle on this one. Mary gave birth to Jesus, so I feel that women can be vessels for spreading the Good News also, but I will not debate on that.

Of course they can. But not in the role of a priest according to the RCC. Does not look like that is going to change anytime soon.

 

[seeking.IAM]

No, because I have other differences regarding the papacy, closed communion, its later additions to the faith, and its handling of abuse by clergy. I could live with its prohibition of female clergy. I don't agree with it, but I could live with it. It is not the "stopper" for me that other things are.

 

[AlexB23]

Of course they can. But not in the role of a priest according to the RCC. Does not look like that is going to change anytime soon.

Yeah, it will probably not change soon, but with Pope Francis, anything could change. Though, I actually like Francis a lot, except for his pro-Russian views (Guardian article)

 

[Solo81]

Not significantly, no. My chief disagreement with the Catholic Church is their view of church authority, and that disagreement would still be present if they changed their views of gender.

The RCC say they only ordain males because that was what Christ did. It is not a gender issue.

 

[DJWhalen]

No, I believe that priest, bishop, cardinal and Pope is male. Nun is female. Call me old fashioned I don't care.

 

[PloverWing]

Their view, or the apostle Paul's view regarding the assembly (1 Tim 2:11-12), who received his teaching from Jesus? (Gal 1:11-12)?

Their view. The questions of which branch(es) of the church best represent the fullness of the church following the AD 1054 schism, or whether the Bishop of Rome is infallible when speaking ex cathedra, are questions that post-date the writing of the New Testament.

(I'm not interested in debating these questions here. I'm willing to agree to disagree peaceably. I'm also very close to Catholic theology on many points. But the Catholic view of church authority would prevent me from actually becoming a member.)