Re: Should we forgive Boris Johnson? -
12-03-2021, 01:15 PM
To what extent are the pronouncements of catholicism thought to be valid? Baptism by a pope or one of his proxies is about on par with baptism by the tooth fairy. A bit lower down, ok, but in the same ballpark. Well, on the same continent. Probably.
For example if an Anglican vicar escape-pods out of the Church of England he can become a Romish priest and, get this, if he was a married vicar (most of them are) then he remains married. Thus there are married priests. I neither know nor care what the connubial arrangements are but surely if an Anglican who is NOT a vicar escape-pods out, likewise his Church of England foibles would remain intact? If you can have a married priest I don't see why you can't have a protestant catholic.
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