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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: one_less who wrote (58807)	9/18/2002 7:39:52 PM
From: epicure	Respond to of 82486

I didn't follow the debate. I have no idea who claimed what, or who asked what. Was merely commenting on Quaker ministers.

To: one_less who wrote (58807)	9/18/2002 7:51:32 PM
From: The Philosopher	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

Not true. Well, I suppose anybody could in theory claim ministerial authority any time anywhere for any reason. There has been more than one self-proclaimed minister in the history of the world. But as far as Quakerism is concerned, there is no such thing as self-claimed ministerial authority. Only a meeting can confer ministerial authority, and only those meetings which retain that practice. None of the meetings I have belonged to over the years have retained that practice, so I make no such claim.