Now I order you to retain this creed for your nourishment throughout life and never to accept any alternative, not even if I myself were to change and say something contrary to what I am now teaching, not even if some angel of contradiction, changed into an angel of light, tried to lead you astray. For even if we, or an angel from heaven, should preach to you a gospel contrary to that which you have now received, let him be accursed in your sight. – St Cyril of Jerusalem
Re-reading Martimort on Deaconesses. Wherein Fr. Z rants. | Fr. Z’s Blog
In once wonderfully Catholic Austria, the silly season is in swing. The new bishop of Innsbruck, Most Rev. Hermann Glettler, said that he supports the ordination of women to the diaconate(which is impossible) and Holy Communion for the divorce and remarried (which in 99.99% of cases would be sacrilege). There is a story in this bishop’s notions at the UK’s best Catholic weekly the Catholic Herald(which sports my weekly column in the print and online digital editions – subscribe HERE).
Read more of what Fr. Z has to say about this issue here: