San Rafael woman to break canon law to pretend to be ordained Catholic priest<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\nIt turns out that, as Hebrews says \u201cone does not take the honor upon himself, but he is called by God\u201d\u00a0\u00a0(Heb 5:4). And being called by God involves more than \u201cI want it. \u00a0Gimme it.\u201d \u00a0It turns out that the call comes through the Church the way it always has: through apostolic succession and not through the Spirit of American Democracy. \u00a0Laying on of hands by a duly ordained bishop in union with the pope, the successor of Peter\u2026 that sort of thing.<\/p>\n
The Church can\u2019t just make stuff up.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
So, for instance, this headline should read: San Rafael woman to break canon law to pretend to be ordained Catholic priest It turns out that, as Hebrews says \u201cone does not take the honor upon himself, but he is called by God\u201d\u00a0\u00a0(Heb 5:4). And being called by God involves more than \u201cI want it. \u00a0Gimme […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":92,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[817],"class_list":["post-97083","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-holy-spirit-vs-zeitgeist"],"yoast_head":"\n
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