3c1538 No.815637
I'm in College, and I don't really know what I want to do with my life. I don't really care about money, and I'd rather do something I like. Well, I always enjoy going to Church, so it seems like Priesthood may be a good path for me. What do you guys think?
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ddff84 No.815638
To be fair, you'd be better off discussing this subject with your priest than here in 8chan.
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3c1538 No.815639
>>815638
I still have 2 years left in College, so a little soon for that, I'm just interested in getting general opinions at this point and see where I am when I graduate.
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ddff84 No.815641
>>815639
I see. Well, it seems like a quite big decision to take, as you'll have to give up family prospects and probably move to an unfamiliar city to work as a priest. On the other hand, it's possibly one of the most noble jobs imaginable and this world is in dire need of good priests. What's your major?
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dc32a4 No.815642
>>815637
If you are willing to accept the cons such as emotional and spiritual draining by your congregation, increased temptation, increased penalty for sin, the troubles of being moved around at a whim, the studying that goes into it, the possibility of helping to damn souls if you slip up majorly, etc, etc, then yes. Because the benefits are being Christ manifest to a parish, and a human who, although this is not the point of it, wields power beyond most. Necromancers tremble to conjure the dead, sorcerers and magicians are fearful to evoke demons, but you, as a priest, don't even squirm to evoke the living God onto an altar. Possibly daily.
I've also read that anyone trying to discern this should begin to pray multple times a day, begining with the Apostolic times of 9am, 12pm, 3pm, and so on.
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3c1538 No.815644
>>815641
I'm majoring in history.
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a6396c No.815668
>>815637
Sounds like fun. Learn Koine Greek with the aid of flash cards from Amazon. Are you going to a church more than once a week? What are your thoughts on ecumenism? How rigid are you in your beliefs on sexuality and women's role in the church? What jurisdiction are you in right now? Are you, based on the OP picture, Greek Catholic or are you Orthodox?
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b3ceb4 No.815673
>>815642
Catholics never pass up the chance to venerate something besides God. No,a priest is not "Christ manifest". Quit worshiping your church
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178eca No.815675
>>815637
If you can't see yourself making a living doing anything else you like, go for it.
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4ae1eb No.815696
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ab02c4 No.815768
>>815637
read st john chrysostom's books on the priesthood
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3c1538 No.815786
>>815668
I'm at Church often. From my understanding, Koine Greek is taught at Seminary? Ecumenism is not something I'm a huge fan of, since I don't believe in compromising dogma just for the sake of unity. As for sexuality, I'm not a Puritan, but of course Women should dress modestly and fornication is a sin. Men obviously lead the church, but females can do things like choir for example. I'm Eastern Orthodox.
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f20cb2 No.815789
>>815673
Quit worshiping the bible, Bible-idolater.
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db53ee No.815819
>>815786
> I'm Eastern Orthodox
Ah ok, for a minute there I thought you were Roman Catholic with rigid beliefs and in danger of being weeded out of the interview process with the diocesan vocations director.
You'll be fine as an Orthodox priest from what you have stated; major issues are political in nature and not normally having something to do with theology.
Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal, Have Mercy on Us; Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost, Both now and forever unto the ages of ages, Amen.
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