Maria said:
orthonorm said:
Who cares?
Really, there is no reason why a woman cannot be bishop. The only decent argument I ever heard put forth against women in the Priesthood was actually on oc.net. It was an allegorical argument and a good one. But still allegorical.
A woman can pretend to be a bishop, dress up in her mitre, and walk gracefully like one, but more importantly, is her position truly grace-filled and not merely graceful? Can she lay hands on people and ordain deacons, priests, and other bishops? No.
A man can pretend to be a bishop, dress up in his mitre, and walk gracefully like one, but more importantly, is his position truly grace-filled and not merely graceful? Can he lay hands on people and ordain deacons, priests, and other bishops apart from the community of the Church? No. The work of chrismating, ordaining deacons and priests, and consecrating bishops is rightly the work of the Church carried out by bishops of and within the Church. The grace needed to do this work is not intrinsic to the person of the bishop. A "bishop" outside the Church really isn't a bishop, anyway.