tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343277549128598933.post1954284423012095963..comments2023-08-10T09:38:07.159+01:00Comments on Revising Reform: Priesthood and ontological change part IIRev R Marszalekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01831340057673771787noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343277549128598933.post-79800412365671628512009-12-14T21:35:43.384+00:002009-12-14T21:35:43.384+00:00ahhh - still 18 months or so to go yet and lots of...ahhh - still 18 months or so to go yet and lots of essays and two placements to get through first...;-)Rev R Marszalekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01831340057673771787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343277549128598933.post-84378362916853761132009-12-14T18:33:21.765+00:002009-12-14T18:33:21.765+00:00Interesting! On the one hand, I believe in the pri...Interesting! On the one hand, I believe in the priesthood of all believers and know that vicars are certainly very human and very fallible ( my father was an Anglican priest!) On the other hand I have sometimes asked a priest for prayer and had a distinct sense of someting special in the "holiness" of that person and/or their office.<br /><br />Hope all goes well for your ordination.Suemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03128736092253293640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343277549128598933.post-4529853415432751142009-12-14T16:41:56.812+00:002009-12-14T16:41:56.812+00:00Ontological recognition - that is very helpful.
...Ontological recognition - that is very helpful. <br /><br />Thank you Peter. <br /><br />'Sacramental evangelical' emmm like it!Rev R Marszalekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01831340057673771787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343277549128598933.post-87767427983140283792009-12-14T12:00:29.674+00:002009-12-14T12:00:29.674+00:00Rachel,
If you're uncomfortable with the idea...Rachel,<br /><br />If you're uncomfortable with the idea that ordination in and of itself produces an ontological transformation, and yet, like myself, you discern that you *are* different from others, may I suggest that what priesting is about is "ontological recognition". Those of us who are priests were created by God to be such and so it is normal for us to feel different and to grow in our understanding of our difference. What ordination does is to recognise and affirm that ontological difference and to give it the right space and strucure to be expressed.<br /><br />Or at least that's what this sacramental Evangelical (with Lutheran theology) thinks.<br /><br />Peter+Peter Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06653736283239812968noreply@blogger.com