A Priestess' Defense of Herself

[Burnsider 4542]

In Defense of Female Priests

A Humble Response to Recent Missives by a Young Priestess

 

[!]A young Ileana Sava Ursuvić, as she was accepted as an acolyte in the Church

 

This humble servant of GOD is not the most learned of cleric. It has been little more than a year since this servant's ordination. She does not expect that she will be able to make the complete and full defense for the reasoning behind female clergy. She is certain that members of the College of Cardinals, wiser still than this novice priestess, could go deeper and further than she might, and she encourages them to do so given the time and inclination. It is not necessary for them to do so, however. The High Pontiff, the voice of GOD on this earth, has made the declaration that female clergy are to be allowed. After consultation with GOD, the College has shown its support of the Pontiff's declaration. As pious members of His Church, nothing more need be said. However, this servant of GOD feels the exercise in rhetoric would not go amiss, to place before the Sons of Horen the common sense of the subject in terms so plain and firm as to command their assent.

 

What are the requirements put forth for induction into the priesthood? The recipient of the sacrament of Ordination must be:

1. An acolyte of the Church;
2. Competent;
3. One who has attained the age of reason;
4. Of good character;
5. Absent of notoriety;
6. Publicly living a virtuous life;
7. Free from oaths of service which would impact their duties as a cleric;
8. Educated in the Holy Scrolls;
9. Approved by the pastor of the ecclesiastical province where Ordination would take place, and be;
10. Approved by the High Pontiff or his designated representative.

 

Oh, but the protestors state, the recipient must also be a man. But what is the reasoning put forth for each of these requirements? They must be an acolyte of the Church so that they have spent a period of time learning about the nature and inner working of the Church, the Sacred Ceremonies and Rites, so that they will be better able to serve their flock upon ordination without stumbling. They must be competent, for how can one who lacks competency properly serve and teach their flock. They must have attained the age of reason, so that their life-long decision, made in front of GOD and witnesses, is one made fully cognizant of the ramifications of the decision. They must be of good character, absent of notoriety, and publicly living a virtuous life, for how can one otherwise be a proper example to their flock? They must be free from oaths of service, so that they will not be torn in their duties between GOD and man. They must be educated in the Holy Scrolls, for they are meant to be the teachers of the Scrolls to others. They must be approved by the pastor of the province and the High Pontiff, for they must have seen and witnessed these qualities before allowing the sacrament to take place.

 

But what reason is there for designating that they must be men? There is only one, that it is tradition. But why is it tradition? The Four Exalted were all men, and Ex. Owyn began the Holy Priesthood by choosing two men, St. Evaristus and St. Clement (Gospel 5:3-5). And yet we do not require the other physical qualities of these men to determine conditions for ordination. All six of these men were also Sons of Horen, but do we not allow Sons of Urguan, Malin, and Krug to be priests? Why then not women?

 

The reasoning is also incorrect in that there is precedent and tradition in placing women in this role. In the time of Ex. Godfrey and before, the Crown and the Laurel were allowed to be one. Indeed, under Godfrey, they were meant to be one, united by an Exalted displaying all the traits required for each. When Ex. Godfrey separated the Crown and Laurel, he required that the two remain in harmony, "like unto Evaristus and Clement" (Gospel 7:59-60). Thus, the Crown continued to sit upon he who set upon the Throne of Man, which was consecrated and had holy purpose. (Gospel 6:34-38). Time passed, and so it was on the 12th of Godfrey's Triumph, 1785, a woman ascended to the Throne of Man, and had the Crown placed upon her head by the High Pontiff, St. James II. Since the Crown and Laurel are to remain in harmony, like the brothers that began the holy priesthood, if the Crown can be placed upon the head of a woman, so too should the Laurel be allowed to be placed on the head of a woman.

 

Lastly, the Priesthood is an unbroken line of teachers and students, begun when Ex. Owyn taught the brothers, St. Evaristus and Clement, who then taught the first Shepherds, who then taught others all the way down to the present day. Thus, a tradition of men teaching men. But again, this is not the only tradition that exists of holy teaching. This humble servant is last in a long, unbroken line of teachers and students, of women teaching women, going back to St. Julia of Paradisus. This matrilineal line of instruction is unbroken, from St. Julia to the wife of St. Joren all the way down to Cosmina Kostic, who broke away from the rule of King Barbov 'the Black' of Raev, creating the Vasoyevi, down to Sorina Lupeșcu, who was counseled by Lorin Chivay, one of the Revered Mothers of Ex. Sigismund, down to Ileana Lupeșcu, who along with Sava converted the Vasoyevi people fully to Canonism, down to Ursula Soreana Vasović, this servant's mother, who was allowed entry into and did speak in the last Ecumenical Council, down to this servant of GOD, who chose to join the priesthood as soon as it was allowed.

 

This servant hopes this defense is found satisfying and persuasive. It should not need to be, for it has always been self-evident to this servant's people. She remains a humble servant of GOD, devoted to her flock, and open to those who wish to continue this conversation.

[thesmellypocket 1839]

"Dear Ms. Ursuvic,

 

I regret to inform you that your ordination was invalid, you do not have a flock, and that your claiming continuity with such holy figures as St. Julia is a contradiction of everything they stood for.

 

Expect further elaboration at a later date.

 

I remain your humble servant in St. Jude,

 

Fr. Petros the Akritian, Tractarian."

[KaiserJacobII 1048]

The Prelate of the Clergy smiles as he reads the Priestess' paper. The Clergyman carefully picks up a small metal pin and pins the paper to a board in his office.

[Reckless Banzai Screamer 11508]

3 hours ago, Burnsider said:

Time passed, and so it was on the 12th of Godfrey's Triumph, 1785, a woman ascended to the Throne of Man, and had the Crown placed upon her head by the High Pontiff, St. James II. Since the Crown and Laurel are to remain in harmony, like the brothers that began the holy priesthood, if the Crown can be placed upon the head of a woman, so too should the Laurel be allowed to be placed on the head of a woman.

 

An elderly Hyspian priest with dementia and heart issues sat in the Commodus Library in Du Loc and turned to his right where nothing but air would be and began to speak to his imaginary acolyte  [Rest in peace Acolyte William] about the thesis that somehow and in someway came to him...

 

"Mi belief en lay preaching y de need fer every faithful to spread de word aside, this es a weak point en dees one's argument. Since our last prophet, secularism has diluted de prestige of de crown. Wit de current anathema especially y attempted schism, we should never allow de secular to set precedent for our faith. Secularism es corrupt, vile y toxic. Y this point here opens de flood gates. Ju write a thesis like dis? I gib ju de chancla Will-,"

 

Paco glared back at silence, then remembered his acolyte died the other day and began to weep on his own in the study.

[Burnsider 4542]

43 minutes ago, Shady Tales said:

"Mi belief en lay preaching y de need fer every faithful to spread de word aside, this es a weak point en dees one's argument. Since our last prophet, secularism has diluted de prestige of de crown. Wit de current anathema especially y attempted schism, we should never allow de secular to set precedent for our faith. Secularism es corrupt, vile y toxic. Y this point here opens de flood gates. Ju write a thesis like dis? I gib ju de chancla Will-,"

 

Presbyter Ileana sat in a pew, considering her thoughts on her recent writings. She wondered if she should have been clearer when discussing the coronation of Empress Anne I in the document. Specifically, the key component of that portion was that there is no part of the coronation of a Canonist Prince that is secular. These coronations are sacraments, specifically ones of Consecration. They are done by the High Pontiff, with his explicit permission and acceptance of the validity of the sacrament. The coronation of the Throne of Man is not done out of a sense of obligation to any secular government. Rather, it is done out of the Holy Purpose assigned to the Throne by Ex. Godfrey.

[LobsterLilly 605]

Milena Ludovar reads over the paper with a slight smile on her face, the young Acolyte folds up the missive and thinks to share it with her friend.