Anonymous wrote:A Pope who endorsed the admission of women to Holy Orders and/or procured abortion and/or sacramental marriage between persons of the same sex would by that act become a material heretic and ipsofacto cease to be Pope.
The pope can modify celibacy requirements for secular priests (those not a part of a religious order with a separate vow of chastity) at any time. Celibacy is a discipline, not an ontological part of the priestly state.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:A Pope who endorsed the admission of women to Holy Orders and/or procured abortion and/or sacramental marriage between persons of the same sex would by that act become a material heretic and ipsofacto cease to be Pope.
The pope can modify celibacy requirements for secular priests (those not a part of a religious order with a separate vow of chastity) at any time. Celibacy is a discipline, not an ontological part of the priestly state.
When has that ever happened? And over the last 2000 years there have been some pretty bad popes.
And as bad as they were personally, even they knew better than to try tampering with doctrine
Anonymous wrote:I think PP gave the answer — there would be a schism with some percentage of the church declaring the pope a heretic and picking a new guy for themselves. I would actually be really curious to see how that would break down. I was a devout Catholic for the first 45 years of my life but I just feel like the Church is so moribund that I cannot find any inspiration or grace in it at the moment.
I’m also a bit curious whether Pp that posted on doctrine is the SSPX poster that pops up everytime there’s a Catholic thread. He has strong views.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:A Pope who endorsed the admission of women to Holy Orders and/or procured abortion and/or sacramental marriage between persons of the same sex would by that act become a material heretic and ipsofacto cease to be Pope.
The pope can modify celibacy requirements for secular priests (those not a part of a religious order with a separate vow of chastity) at any time. Celibacy is a discipline, not an ontological part of the priestly state.
When has that ever happened? And over the last 2000 years there have been some pretty bad popes.
Anonymous wrote:A Pope who endorsed the admission of women to Holy Orders and/or procured abortion and/or sacramental marriage between persons of the same sex would by that act become a material heretic and ipsofacto cease to be Pope.
The pope can modify celibacy requirements for secular priests (those not a part of a religious order with a separate vow of chastity) at any time. Celibacy is a discipline, not an ontological part of the priestly state.
Anonymous wrote:It would be a dream come true.
Anonymous wrote:What would happen if there was a Pope who just went rogue? Female clergy, clergy can marry, gay marriage, pro choice the whole enchilada.