[Magdalen] Bishop, please resign

[Christopher Hart]

If a priest is deposed (what you might call "stripped of their orders")
that person cannot function as a priest. If that person is later reinstated
(as does sometimes happen) he/she is NOT re-ordained. His/her existing
orders are simply recognized and he/she is once again allowed to exercise
them.

On Thursday, January 29, 2015, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com> wrote:

> I believe we've had a few priests in this diocese who have been "stripped
> of their orders" by the bishop or have renounced their orders. Doesn't that
> "undo" the ordination?
>
> On January 29, 2015, at 8:37 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
> magdalen at herberthouse.org <javascript:;>> wrote:
>
>
>
> In a message dated 1/29/2015 7:45:02 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> jhandsfield at att.net <javascript:;> 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.
>


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