ext_50103 ([identity profile] cmcmck.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] steepholm 2012-04-26 07:23 am (UTC)

It's a strange thing having such a title. Being of a sect with a priesthood of all believers I count as a priest for the purposes of things like prison and hospital visiting and that can have its uses.

Tithing isn't quite dead yet btw- the last rites are still being played out to this day!

According to Catholic friends, anyone of any faith can administer the last rites if the need is pressing and no priest is available. I read of a Rabbi doing this for dying Catholic soldiers during WW2 after their own priest had been seriously wounded. Such skills a military chaplain of whatever faith plainly needs!

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