Could a woman priest…

[Love365]

They say a woman can’t be a priest,
because she can’t represent Jesus at the Last Supper.

Could a woman priest represent ?

The Holy Spirit
The Virgin Mary
Mary Magdalene
Mary of Bethany

 

[Torah Keeper]

I never heard that reason for women not being priests. I know other, Biblical reasons why they shouldn't be priests.

 

[Maria Billingsley]

They say a woman can’t be a priest,
because she can’t represent Jesus at the Last Supper.

Could a woman priest represent ?

The Holy Spirit
The Virgin Mary
Mary Magdalene
Mary of Bethany

You are posting this in General Theology, maybe it's best to post in a Catholic Forum , instead. You will get a Catholic answer there rather than a Protestant one, unless that is what you wish.
Blessings.

 

[Paidiske]

They say a woman can’t be a priest,
because she can’t represent Jesus at the Last Supper.

Could a woman priest represent ?

The Holy Spirit
The Virgin Mary
Mary Magdalene
Mary of Bethany

Perhaps a better question might be, what is the function of a priest when presiding at the Eucharist?

If it is to represent Christ (an idea which I think can be questioned), why is it gender, and not fulness of humanity, which is to the forefront in that representation?

 

[Love365]

Perhaps a better question might be, what is the function of a priest when presiding at the Eucharist?

If it is to represent Christ (an idea which I think can be questioned), why is it gender, and not fulness of humanity, which is to the forefront in that representation?

The Catholic Church may take a different road to get to women priests.
Maybe male priests get Sunday and women priests get Saturday.

 

[Jonaitis]

They say a woman can’t be a priest,
because she can’t represent Jesus at the Last Supper.

Could a woman priest represent ?

The Holy Spirit
The Virgin Mary
Mary Magdalene
Mary of Bethany

There are prophetesses throughout the Old Testament, but I don't think there is a context for a priestess.

 

[chevyontheriver]

The Catholic Church may take a different road to get to women priests.
Maybe male priests get Sunday and women priests get Saturday.

Ain't gonna happen in the Catholic Church. If that does not work for you then you can have them now as an Episcopalian.

 

[Love365]

Without women priests,
the American Catholic Church will get older and older.
Most American Catholic priests are over the age of 40.

Because Catholic priests can’t get married,
we need women priests to adopt children.
To be the next generation of Catholic priests.

 

[Paidiske]

That's not how priesthood works. It's not a family business, it's a calling from God.

 

[Love365]

That's not how priesthood works. It's not a family business, it's a calling from God.

It would make it more likely,
that more people hear the calling.

 

[Paidiske]

Maybe, if you're raised in a home where ministry is modelled, you'd be more likely to at least ast the question of whether God's calling you.

But having women priests to raise another generation of priests is not the answer to a priest shortage. Rather look to your congregations; why are the priests we have now not able to inspire vocational questions in their congregations?

 

[Homeowner]

Has there been an issue of transgender priests yet ?

 

[Love365]

Maybe, if you're raised in a home where ministry is modelled, you'd be more likely to at least ast the question of whether God's calling you.

But having women priests to raise another generation of priests is not the answer to a priest shortage. Rather look to your congregations; why are the priests we have now not able to inspire vocational questions in their congregations?

1. They are too old to make a real connection.

2. They speak English as a 2nd language,
there is a language barrier.

3. Women are better at communication.

 

[Homeowner]

Women are better at communication.

I would say that is debatable. I would agree that they are better at communicating to other women.

 

[Oneofhope]

They say a woman can’t be a priest,
because she can’t represent Jesus at the Last Supper.

Could a woman priest represent ?

The Holy Spirit
The Virgin Mary
Mary Magdalene
Mary of Bethany

One thing about the Bible that still puzzles me to this day, is that if there is neither male nor female in Christ, then what is the difference if a woman teaches the Word of God or not? I couldn't care less if the Truth is being given by a woman or a man. The Truth is the Truth, and this world needs it from anyone willing to give it.

 

[Gregory Thompson]

They say a woman can’t be a priest,
because she can’t represent Jesus at the Last Supper.

Could a woman priest represent ?

The Holy Spirit
The Virgin Mary
Mary Magdalene
Mary of Bethany

I'm not sure, a priest in the Catholic Church needs an additional sacrament to ordain them, what's the vatican/catechism say about women priests?

The angle you're coming from is interesting, but tends to be protestant or emergent in focus, and they don't have priests. Depending on tradition, they call it something else.

 

[chevyontheriver]

Has there been an issue of transgender priests yet ?

There is a call to do genetic testing of candidates for seminary. So I suppose there has been an issue, or there is an inevitability of an issue.

 

[chevyontheriver]

Without women priests,
the American Catholic Church will get older and older.
Most American Catholic priests are over the age of 40.

Because Catholic priests can’t get married,
we need women priests to adopt children.
To be the next generation of Catholic priests.

Most Catholic vocations come from conservative families, conservative parishes, and conservative dioceses. And I'm not talking Republican here, but liturgically centrist to traditionalist, in doctrine centered on the Catechism or maybe even the Catechism of the Council of Trent, from families that pray together. Some dioceses have almost no vocations. My parish has four seminarians right now. The diocese to the west of me has had plenty of vocations for decades. The Nashville Dominican sisters have a vocation crisis in that they have too many novices for their buildings, they are growing so fast. The FSSP seminary is full to the brim. There are people out there who are willing to sign up. There are dioceses that are not inviting, parishes that are not inviting, and the call is not heard amidst the scandals and the mess that Catholicism is in the middle of.

The solution is always holiness. Women priests won't solve the need for holiness. Men priests can't solve that.

 

[Love365]

Most Catholic vocations come from conservative families, conservative parishes, and conservative dioceses. And I'm not talking Republican here, but liturgically centrist to traditionalist, in doctrine centered on the Catechism or maybe even the Catechism of the Council of Trent, from families that pray together. Some dioceses have almost no vocations. My parish has four seminarians right now. The diocese to the west of me has had plenty of vocations for decades. The Nashville Dominican sisters have a vocation crisis in that they have too many novices for their buildings, they are growing so fast. The FSSP seminary is full to the brim. There are people out there who are willing to sign up. There are dioceses that are not inviting, parishes that are not inviting, and the call is not heard amidst the scandals and the mess that Catholicism is in the middle of.

The solution is always holiness. Women priests won't solve the need for holiness. Men priests can't solve that.

If part of the Catholic Church has the Latin Mass,
Then part of the Catholic Church can have women priests.

The Catholic Church is large and in many countries,
we can have both types of churches.

 

[chevyontheriver]

If part of the Catholic Church has the Latin Mass,
Then part of the Catholic Church can have women priests.

The Catholic Church is large and in many countries,
we can have both types of churches.

Alternatives already exist with various Protestant and Anglican groups. The Orthodox and Catholics just aren’t going to do that. Pope Francis just reiterated that he had no authority to allow women priests. So it’s not going to happen. But you have alternatives if you are willing to quit the Catholic Church.