They have to kneel down and kiss another man's finger ring? Why?
2006-10-23 18:25:45 · 21 answers · asked by potential tourist 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
As a sign of enslavement
2006-10-23 18:52:38 · answer #1 · answered by brainstorm 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The ring represents the office of Bishop. To kiss the ring is a sign of respect for the office.
2006-10-23 18:48:05 · answer #2 · answered by Stanbo 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, i'm Catholic too. whether i did no longer pass to Catholic college that sounds merely like what the Nuns might say. Ha! i'm a convert and went by using Cathechism and the question by no potential got here up. In my own ideas it quite is performed out of appreciate for what the hoop stands for, the Church. i do no longer think of you're compelled to do it. it quite is not a mortal sin yet I wager you may get a team of the Hail Mary's and Our Fathers in case you probably did no longer.
2016-12-28 03:20:43 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not just during confirmation.
Many churches hold to the old traditions that bishops, cardinals, and the pope all have their ring kissed as a sign of respect. The ring itself is a part of their vestments (holy garments).
Contrary to the rumors, the rings do not contain any type of holy relic.
2006-10-23 18:28:26 · answer #4 · answered by Bill K Atheist Goodfella 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yeah and these same people believe that a man is watching them 24/7 from the sky...or another universe. Some guy they have never seen, touched, felt...(well some feel him) He has left no evidence other than something written by primitive men. Did I mention that men have incredibly huge egos? Religion is a joke and so are the people following it.
2006-10-23 18:29:03 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
To teach them to kneel down for the Priest's sexual pleasure with kids. Priests are by definition perverts
2006-10-23 18:30:15 · answer #6 · answered by barrettins 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Its holy. I heard something that in the Pope's ring there is a splinter from Christ's cross though..
2006-10-23 18:27:33 · answer #7 · answered by yahooaddict 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
HAVE to? Just by the virtue of that order, I wouldn't let my kid kiss the Bishop's ring. ewwwwww! Get your filthy ring away from my kid's mouth you pervert! (It could have cooties, you know.)
2006-10-23 18:28:34 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Sounds like a right load of kinky filth if you ask me. F**king hell, it all happens down the local Church doesn't it? Ring kissing indeed ...
2006-10-23 18:27:21 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Pedophilia?
2006-10-23 18:28:01 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋