New cardinal causes furor over radical views.THE BISHOP OF ST. ANDREWS and Edinburgh in Scotland, the Most Reverend Most Reverend Noun (in Britain) a courtesy title applied to archbishops Keith O'Brien, caused a major row when, the day after it was announced the pope was to elevate him to the rank of cardinal, he made several comments questioning some core elements of Vatican teaching. O'Brien stated that the church's rule of celibacy for priests and its ban on contraception should be subjects for discussion. A week later, when O'Brien was reciting the Nicene Creed Nicene Creed: see creed. Nicene Creed Ecumenical Christian statement of faith accepted by the Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Anglican, and major Protestant churches. , a standard profession of faith used in church services, he added an extra paragraph, which stated in part, "I further state that I accept and intend to defend the law on ecclesiastical celibacy as it is proposed by the Magisterium mag·is·te·ri·um n. Roman Catholic Church The authority to teach religious doctrine. [Latin, the office of a teacher or other person in authority, from magister, master; see of the Catholic church; I accept and promise to defend the ecclesiastical teaching about the immorality IMMORALITY. that which is contra bonos mores. In England, it is not punishable in some cases, at the common law, on, account of the ecclesiastical jurisdictions: e. g. adultery. But except in cases belonging to the ecclesiastical courts, the court of king's bench is the custom morum, and of the homosexual act; I accept and promise to promulgate To officially announce, to publish, to make known to the public; to formally announce a statute or a decision by a court. always and everywhere what the church's Magisterium teaches on contraception." A spokesman for the bishop denied that O'Brien had inserted the extra paragraph under pressure from the Vatican, saying that O'Brien merely wanted to "clarify" his position. |
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