There is no reason why priests should not be able to marry.
That's true but I don't think not being able to marry is the problem with the pedophilia issue in the CC. My theory is that many pedophiles become priests because it's an easy way to fulfill their fantasies without having to work very hard at it. Children are plentiful and an easy mark for a sexually deviant priest.
"There is a special place in hell reserved for the likes of him."
wow, compared to the so-called "universal" church (many others are certainly world-wide today) do they ever "get it." On the right of women to serve and on the right of priests and bishops to marry. On the worth of one-person authority figures as Popes and on just whom a believer should confess to. On the humanness of saints and on the openness to communion. And on the right of women to birth control. Episcopalian policy is more humane and in practice closer to the real world, on all those counts.
Episcopalians and Catholics are very much .. http://www.differencebetween.net/language/difference-between-much-and-many/ .. alike and sometimes hard to distinguish from each other. As some of you may know, the word “Catholic” means “found everywhere” or, to be exact, “universal”. We can see some Catholic practices and beliefs .. http://www.differencebetween.net/language/difference-between-values-and-beliefs/ .. in almost every religion. This makes it difficult to distinguish Roman Catholic churches from Episcopal ones. We can tell the two apart by paying attention to how they conduct their masses and other practices.
One of the major .. http://www.differencebetween.net/miscellaneous/difference-between-major-and-minor/ .. differences between Episcopalians and Catholics is the fact that Episcopalians allow women in some – but not all – provinces to be ordained as priests; unlike Catholicism, where only men are allowed to become priests. However, both wear very similar clothing while preaching. Furthermore, priests and bishops in the Episcopal religion are allowed to marry if they want .. http://www.differencebetween.net/language/difference-between-a-want-and-a-need/ .. to. Another difference is that the Episcopal Church – unlike the Catholic Church – rejects the idea of the Bishop of Rome — the Pope — having supreme authority over the Universal Church. They also do not have a centralized authority figure like the Pope is for the Catholics; instead, they have bishops and cardinals. Unlike Catholic bishops who are appointed by the Pope, the bishops of the Episcopal religion are elected by the people; this is because, as mentioned earlier, the Episcopalians don’t believe in having Popes.
One of the distinguishing Catholic practices is the confession of sins. Catholics confess to their priest to cleanse their souls of sins and ask the Lord for forgiveness. The Episcopalians, however, do not believe in this; they believe that the only way to ask for forgiveness is to talk to the Lord directly and tell Him your sins.
It is part of a Catholic’s life to pray to the saints and ask for their guidance and protection. Catholics believe that a particular saint is a patron to some of their everyday activities. The Episcopalians also believe in saints; they’ve even named some of their churches after them. But in their point of view, it is not right to worship false idols. They recognize saints as holy people to be honored, but do not pray to them. They do, however, include the saints in their prayers addressed to God in thanks for providing them with good examples which they call saints.
Another major difference between the Episcopal and Catholic Churches is communion. Catholic churches only give communion to those who are members of the Church. This means that one has to be a Catholic first in order .. http://www.differencebetween.net/miscellaneous/difference-between-judgment-and-order/ .. to receive the Holy Communion. Conversely, in the Episcopalian Church, anyone can receive communion even if they are not Episcopalian.
Lastly, being separated from the Pope’s authority, Episcopalian married couples have the free will to use birth control, whereas Catholics are under the Pope’s supervision, which prohibits them from using any birth control methods.
Summary:
1. Both men and women can be ordained as priests in the Episcopalian Church. They can also get married. But in the Catholic Church, only males are allowed to become priests, and they are not allowed to get married.
2. Episcopalians don’t surrender to the Pope’s authority; they have bishops and cardinals that are chosen through elections. Meanwhile, Catholics are under the Pope’s authority.
3. Confession of sins to priests is not practiced in the Episcopal Church, but is an important element of the Catholic Church.
4. The Episcopalians believe that saints are mere examples of what God wants them to be; in the Catholic’s perspective, saints are to be asked for guidance as well.
5. One can take part in an Episcopalian Communion whether one is an Episcopal or not, but one cannot participate in a Catholic Communion unless one is Catholic.
6. Episcopalians are allowed to use birth control; Catholics are not.
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