can a priest be a woman in christianity?
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No a woman is not supposed to be a Priest, or Pastor as these are positions of authority over men.\n1Ti 2:12  But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence. \nThe idea is that the headship is given to the man, and the woman should not take authority over the man.  Just like the husband is the head of the house.  Women filled many other positions, preached, taught, deacons, and others.\nThe only priests are in the Old Testament.  But priests there were men, the Apostles all men.
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I don't believe that God has a gender. In animals that reproduce sexually, the purpose of gender is procreation. If  you're Christian, you believe that God has a son, Jesus Christ. However, Jesus was supposed to have been the result of an immaculate conception.God didn't have sexual intercourse with Mary.God isn't human and He/She/It is beyond all human understanding.
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Okay, first there are multiple sets of rule depending on whose jurisdiction you are under.\n\nAssuming that you are a Catholic unmarried male under the Patriarchate of Rome, then you must remain celebate for the rest of your life, dedicating your life only to serving God.\n\nOn the other hand, if you are a married or unmarried male of one of the Byzantine Metropolia or Patriarchates, then you can become a priest, but not remarry if your spouse would die.\n\nThe other 20 odd self governing segments of the Catholic Church have their own rules.  I don't know what they do.  I believe some require celebacy and some do not.\n\nThe rules are an issue of discipline not an issue of belief.  No one has a right to be selected to serve a bishop in the presbyterate.  If you believe you are called then you could serve, but you have no "right," to serve unless you are ordained to do so.  Local rules determine who can and cannot be a priest.\n\nAdditionally, rules in Catholicism are generally thought of best as norms rather than laws.  The Roman Catholic Church certainly has married men serving as priests, primarily former Anglican priests who switched.  Likewise, Byzantine priests who are widowed with children really need a wife pragmatically.  Consequently, there are rules to permit marriage as well.\n\nNonetheless, all Christians are obliged to practice chastity.  Of course if you are married that means you need to have sex with your spouse and if you are unmarried you must not have sex with anyone.  Priests actually promise never to marry, as such, they must be celebate.
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Women can preach and teach - but Biblically speaking they can not be Pastors - not an overseer of the Church.\n\nEven then the woman needs to be full of the Spirit or else she just ends up babbling about things she knows nothing about. MEN AS WELL!!!!\n\nAnd as far as Men Pastors - there are a great many who are in the position who have ignored the requirements. These men I would not sit under because if they ignore the written word, how can they truly teach it?
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I don't think so, I know women who want to become men, (transgender), they don't transplant a penis.. so I don't think its possible..
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Yes.  Being a religious leader has nothing to do with gender in my religion.  I don't see why gender would matter.  It also does not matter what color ones hair is, what the color of their eyes are, or what color their skin is.  The country that they were born in doesn't matter or the financial class that their parents were in.  What matters is that they are a good religious leader that people want to follow.
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Priest go to confession, yes.\nI Corinthians 13;8a, Love never fails.
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There are so many answers already, you may not read this, but here goes. My answer is yes, absolutely. If you can be a priest, molest little boys, and be forgiven, you can be a gay Christian. I am not saying it is or isn't a sin, just that God loves you anyway, and so would his people. I am a Christian, and some of these answers deeply disturb me. As far as why would you want to be a part of a religion that hates you, that is ridiculous. In my church, ALL are accepted and loved. Christians DON'T hate, period. Now, I am talking about those that really have the Lord within them (we are out there), not the people that hide behind their religion and use it to judge other people, or the ones that continuously sin because "well, hey, I just have to ask for forgiveness".  I live everyday knowing "there by the Grace of God go I" . I know I am a sinner, I was born with sin. But I do my very best to keep it at a minimum, and right my wrongs when they happen. A "true" Christian just needs to believe that Jesus is their Savior, he died for their sins so that they may have eternal life, try their best as HUMANLY possible to live as he would, and just accept the gift that has been given you. As far as what the bible does or does not say, the bible has one flaw- it was written by regular old Joes. Humans. It is their interpretation of events, their recordings. Therefore, it is entirely possible that it is not completely accurate in regards to what Our Father said, did, thinks, feels, and wants. And on the subject of judging homosexuals, or anyone else for that matter, Jesus was the one who said "let he who is without sin cast the first stone" (and he was speaking to high priests, all sinners) when he saved Mary from being stoned to death, and she was a prostitute. Jesus died solely because WE ARE imperfect. And NO ONE can say if it's "okay" to be a Christian. If the Lord is within you, that cannot be taken away. Thank you for posting this question and reminding me how blessed I am to have my faith, and my God. I don't know if this is a hypothetical question or if you are trying to find your own faith, but either way, I wish you peace and love. God Bless.
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The Catholic faith is one of few if not the only faith where a minister is not allowed to have a wife. I see all of these holier than thou people answering yes, but you should go back and ask them if they have been abstaining. Anstinence is hard if not darn near impossible. Sex is a physiological need. Such as eating, drinking and sleeping. I believe Catholic priests should be allowed to haves. If this change is made I guarantee you the cases of child molestation, which coincidentally involves young boys not females, because they Catholic faith teaches them to abstain from sex with females and hadn't addressed homosexuality, would decrease. The answer to the second question is yes. There are not only bishops in the Catholic faith but other faiths as well such as Baptist, Apostiolic etc.
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Because Adam was created first, man is the head of the woman,a woman should not teach a man, because he is her head. this does not mean that a woman should not say any thing at all in the congregation, just not to teach.1 Timothy 2:11,12, Does this mean that a woman can never speak in a meeting of the congregation? No, it cannot mean that. Back there the women as well as the men received the gifts of the spirit, including those of speaking in tongues and prophesying, and these would require them to speak in the congregation. So in what sense were they to “keep silent in the congregations”? Evidently in those cases where to speak would be to show a lack of subjection. So a sister would not be found debating with brothers or publicly criticizing them, either at a meeting or to other members of the congregation at other times, nor would she exercise authority over the brothers as a teacher or instructor. If a woman did have a question about what a male member said in the congregation, then she could take this up with her husband at home.—1 Cor. 14:35. "But I want YOU to know that the head of every man is the Christ; in turn the head of a woman is the man; in turn the head of the Christ is God".1 Corinthians 11:3\n\nPaul was not a woman hater, he just new the proper arangement!
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Yes Yes .. !!\ni have heard about such a religion .. where u have to kiss the priest n then take a bath with a very old person who had accepted that religion atleast 50 years ago. so u must take a bath with his father in law (but that means he is married ..otherwise from where will his father in law come into picture?? and if he s gettin married to u ..then his father in law is ur father ?? oh no !! )) .. so yeah take a bath with that old guy n get ur religion converted !! \n ((bdw.. i am the father in law .. guys please convince this gal to take a bath with me!))
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Many have answered your question, but few have answered by the Bible.\n\n1TIMOTHY 3\n1 This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.\n2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;\n3 Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;\n4 One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;\n5 (For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)\n6 Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.\n7 Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.\n\nA "bishop" is a pastor. As verse one clarifies, a bishop must be a "man". Such as in marriage, the man always represents Christ. Also, the woman is of the man, and the man is not of the woman. If God wanted women to lead, He would have made the head. This is confirmed in by Christ's word:\n\n1 Corinthians 11:\n8 For the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man.\n9 Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man.\n10 For this cause ought the woman to have power on her head because of the angels.\n11 Nevertheless neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man, in the Lord.\n\n\nFor those of you who base the truth on what congregations and/or denominations are doing, that is dangerous. Their are many congregations and denominations, but only one true doctrine of Christ:\n\nEphesians 4:\n4 There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling;\n5 One Lord, one faith, one baptism,\n6 One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.\n7 But unto every one \n\nNote how is states "...one faith...". The doctrine of God is never to be comprimised. Disobeying just a bit, is equal, in Christ's eyes, as disobeying it all. This means that every verse in the Scriptures, wheather I or any other agrees with it or not, must be honoured and objeyed. To call one's self a desciple and/or believer in Christ, and contradict His doctrine is nothing short of hypocrisy. Because of hypocrites, the world disrespects Christ and His Church.\n\nIn addition, the doctrine of Christ remains constant. Christ does not change with any movement, including feminism. The doctrine of Christ should never be altered or compramised for neither men, women, majorities, minorities, old, young, rich, or poor. Any congregation or man that teachies contrary to the doctrine of Christ is in apostasy, and will answer to Christ. Even as Paul explained:\n\nGalatians 1:\n6 I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel:\n7 Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ.\n8 But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.\n9 As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.\n\nIf anyone claims to know a woman, be it a relative or not, this woman may have been appointed by man, or even by herself. Nonetheless, not by God. God does not contradict His own doctrine, nor compramise it. One topic which confuses many, including women, is equality. All are equal in the Church, but all do not have the same tasks and offices:\n\nI Corinthians 12:\n27 Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.\n28 And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues.\n29 Are all apostles? are all prophets? are all teachers? are all workers
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No, a man is to love his wife as Jesus loved the Church, and a woman is to submit herself to her husband.\n\nThe husband is the head of hte household. He should not be submissive, except unto the Lord.
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You understand that the Catholic Church regards homosexuality as a sin and "against nature".  So, I would suspect that it would also regard transgendered people as "unnatural" since they had to have operations, hormone treatment, etc, all of which is "against nature" as well.\n\nTraditionally the Catholic Church has regarded the natural purpose of sex is to produce children.  A transgendered person could have produced children then had an operation and now, cannot produce children.. so how's that serving the natural purpose of sex?  \n\nTherefore, I would have to say that a female-to-male person would not be able to marry a female-by-birth person in the church.  They would probably say that they are both females, and one of them is self-mutilated.  If they took any other position then they would also have to allow female-to-male transgendered to enter the priesthood - -  which they don't.\n\nNow on the positive side, the Catholic Church regards all people as having dignity and worth.  There are no persons rejected from the church on the basis of their orientation.  And all persons can be saved, even if they are transgendered.
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She can be a person who can marry people, like a priest. Marry, as in, pronouncing people man and wife or man and man... you get it.
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I don't think so. \n\nAny young man, whether heterosexual or homosexual, has raging hormones.\n\nThis idea of a celibate clergy came from the Jews, John the Baptist, Jesus, and the Apostle Paul. All three of these holy men were celibate heterosexuals (to the best of our knowledge).\n\nThe Jews. The Talmud argues that a person whose “soul is bound up with the Torah and is constantly occupied with it” may remain celibate (Maimonides, Laws of Marriage 15.3). For example, Yahweh ordered the prophet Jeremiah not to marry (Jeremiah 16:1-4). Moreover, the Essenes was a group that was active in Jesus’ time that practiced celibacy and thought by most scholars to be the authors of the Dead Sea Scrolls.\n\nWWJD? What would Jesus do? Jesus did not marry.\n\nJohn the Baptist and Jesus are both believed to have been celibate for their entire lives. Some scholars believe that the example of the Essenes influenced either or both Jesus and John the Baptist in their celibacy.\n\nThe Apostle Paul is explicit about his celibacy (see 1 Cor. 7). There is also evidence in the gospel of Matthew for the practice of celibacy among at least some early Christians, in the famous passage about becoming “eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven” (Matt. 19:12).  \n\nThe concept took many twists and turns over the years and will probably take a few more before Christ returns in glory.\n\nWith love in Christ.
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Men and women are equal in God's sight in respect to his love for them and in respect to their salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.\n\nBut God created men and women with different roles. Just because a woman becomes a Christian doesn't mean that she isn't called to bear children for example. In the context of marriage the divine order is Jesus is in charge, the man is supposed to follow Him and the woman is supposed to follow her husband as he follows Christ.\n\nThat doesn't make men better than women. It just means that God has ordained different roles for each gender. That's why back in Genesis 2 God said he would make a suitable helper for the man when He created Eve.\n\nIf He had done it the other way around then He would still have had to have an order because God is not the author of confusion.