I would like to point out that the heresy of Donatism gets stigmatized by Augustinians (who won the war) as "You have to be a 100% perfect person and if you're not you might as well just die" Really it's just "If you sold out the cause you don't get to be a leader in it"
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But you can immediately see why, for all the pious talk about God's infinite forgiveness, setting this as a precedent is a bad, bad idea If you make it an actual formal rule that leaders still get to lead no matter how they betray their followers, what kind of leaders do you get
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This may or may not directly apply to modern leaders in modern contexts including the actual Catholic priesthood But it's worth thinking about
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Thou art a priest forever, according to the order of Melchizedech.
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My ex-husband and I used to be very active in the married priest movement. He had been a Catholic priest who was defrocked by marrying me. But he could still hear confessions or perform the other sacraments in dire need. This rule still holds.
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