[Magdalen] Bishop, please resign

[Cantor03 at aol.com]

In a message dated 1/29/2015 7:45:02 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
jhandsfield at att.net writes:

I知 not  one of those who buys into the ontological argument.  I think 
ordained  orders are a mantle laid across the shoulders of the cleric and 
represents the  Church recognizing who they are, not unlike Elijah removing his 
mantle and  placing it on the shoulders of Elisha.>>>
 
I think, though, that the permanence of Orders is the rule in the  West.
 
I also understand that the East does revoke Orders leaving the person
so affected as though they had never been ordained.  Someone who
knows more about the East (Joe!) may wish to comment about that.
 
 
David Strang.