Author Topic: Holy Orders (Read 796 times)

love alabama · « **on:** November 17, 2011, 02:48:01 PM »

how does a priest get out of being a priest ? say he falls in love with a women and wants to marry

s2srea · « **Reply #1 on:** November 17, 2011, 04:30:27 PM »

WTH? Uh- impossible. Once a priest, always a priest. Holy Orders, like Baptism and Confirmation, leave an indelible mark on the soul which cant be removed.

s2srea · « **Reply #2 on:** November 17, 2011, 04:31:17 PM »

And a priest, doesn't become a priest overnight. He has many years to make sure he will be married to no one but the Church and his breviary.

ServusSpiritusSancti · « **Reply #3 on:** November 17, 2011, 04:44:13 PM »

That is why they tell those who are not certain of their vocation to join the seminary, then if you feel it isn't God's Will for you to be a priest, leave before you are ordained. That's the way Matthew did it. That is, afterall, something that is to be discerned BEFORE one becomes a priest, not after.

A priest who wants to get married is basically cheating on the Church so to speak, because the Church is their bride.

Sigismund · « **Reply #4 on:** November 17, 2011, 09:25:17 PM »

A priest can be laicized and marry in the church if his is dispensed from his vows. He can never stop BEING a priest, though.