Can a hermaphrodite be a priest in the Catholic Church?
Those born with ambiguous gender are often made shortly after Brith women, but some were later identified as male. Since a priest must be celibate, however, would still allow a priest if his penis had been removed before the age of consent?
I do not know about current practice, but Huguccio wrote a commentary on the law of the Church, the Summa, in 1188 AD, which reads:
As a hermaphrodite, if you have a beard and likes to participate in masculine activities and not those of women, and if he always seeks the company of men and not women, is a sign that the male predominates in him and then he can be a witness, if a woman is not allowed, ie with respect to the last will and testament, and can also be ordained.
If however no beard and always wants to be with women and girls participate in the work, the ruling is that the female sex predominates in him and then not be allowed to give any witness where women are not allowed, ie , in a last will and testament, nor can it be ordered then because a woman can not receive holy orders.
Por Causa 27, quaestio 1, chapter 23, AD c.
With love in Christ.
If the person is female, the answer is no. Classified as male, and yes.
No, not allowed. Hermaphrodites are called to be celibate laity in the Church.
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I suppose it depends what they're really asking.
There are many people born with ambiguous genitalia, and he is right, what used to happen is that doctors took the decision that the sex of the baby should be. Unfortunately, not always make the right decision, and caused much suffering in the person when he / she grew up.
However, these days we have genetic testing so it is possible to determine the true sex of a person with more precision. So I thought, if the person could prove they were genetically male, the Church does not hesitate to reject them just because a tragic mistake was made when they were born.
However, I have often heard men say they are hermaphrodites, transsexuals, when in fact there was never any doubt of what sex they were at birth. In this case, genetic tests only prove that you're a woman, even though they identify 100% to a male. Unfortunately I do not think the church is open minded to accept such cases.
If you can not see his penis, how do you know if he / she? I think we can move to another state as a woman and then maybe become a priest.
No.
Perhaps it could be a priest and a nun at the same time. Anyway, do not pay taxes.
no