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And some of the priestless parishes now have women administrators.

The Chasovennye initially had priests, but later decided to change to a priestless practice.

Instead we are being coached on how to have priestless parishes as the ultimate in the practice of our sacramental faith.

Later, priestless communion services were held, which is officially considered blasphemy within the Catholic Church.

Priestless parishes and a lack of vocations to the priesthood seem to be a regular topic in AD2000.

Brisbane pastoral ministers guidelines: 'Zooming along' to priestless parishes?

Or is the Church in Australia already rigidly set on course towards "priestless parishes" run by pastoral associates?

The Dutch booklet argued that priestless congregations should be able to choose a lay person to celebrate the eucharist, a sacrament reserved for the clergy.

Bishop Myers of Peoria (USA) has given a practical answer to the "priestless parishes" proposals.

In an earlier profile article in The Age, the Archbishop had described planning for priestless parishes as "self-fulfilling" and "defeatist thinking."

Unusual for a Great Lakes city, a substantial number of these Russian immigrants were priestless (Bespopovtsy) Old Believers.

Because of the influence of radical feminists in Adelaide - whose aim is to produce a priestless Church - the BECs are well supported.

Let us not ignore the orthodox and traditional parish, the tried and the true, for the BEC priestless parish, which is the goal of the radical feminists.

The Grebenstchikov congregation is affiliated with the Pomorian Old-Orthodox Church, a priestless Old Believer denomination.

The first pilot project for priestless parishes was started in 1981 by Bishop Raymond Lucker, of the Diocese of New Ulm, Minn.

In a recent profile in The Age, Archbishop George Pell was emphatic that there would be no planning for "priestless parishes" as such moves would be "self-fulfilling".

The law does not include newer religious groups or groups such as the priestless Old Believers and Calvinist churches, which have historical roots in the country dating to the 17th century.

Sister Martha is one of eight women appointed as pastoral administrators in priestless parishes in recent years by the Rev. Raymond Lucker, the Bishop of New Ulm.

That need not imply a collapse in Christian belief; but as one Catholic history buff puts it, rural Ireland could go back to its early medieval state, when a largely priestless folk-religion held sway.

Michael Gilchrist's article, on this occasion, perhaps gave the vibes of being too much of an opportunity for dissenters finding a further "rationalisation" for the promotion of a "priestless parish" agenda - or whatever.

The Bezpopovtsy (priestless) stream of the Old Believers claimed that, because the Russian bishops acquiesced to Patriarch Nikon's reforms, they had forfeited any claim to apostolic succession, along with the other patriarchs.

A priestless parish, run by lay people where a priest visits only to provide the absolute minimum on the sacramental level, is a state of affairs which should not be desired by anyone with a true understanding of collaboration and ecclesiology.

Nikifor's scheme of legalisation turned out to be so popular that soon enough not only did the Popovtsy begin to request legalisation, but also the Bespopovtsy (the priestless faction) began asking Nikifor to provide them with priests.

The Old Believers that live outside Plamondon are bezpopovtsy, or priestless Old Believers, who believe that apostolic succession ended with Nikon's apostasy and therefore have no clergy and refuse the Eucharist.

Elsewhere, priestless congregations continue to meet in Northeast China (in Heilongjiang and elsewhere) and in Western China (Xinjiang - Ürümqi and Ghulja) with, apparently, the tacit consent of the government.