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To: SkyDancer

RE: I thought they were supposed to be celibate or something like that.

The key words are “supposed to be”.


6 posted on 02/11/2013 12:23:48 PM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Actually celibacy was not a requirement for priests in the first few centuries of the Church’s existence (though I’m fairly certain it was by the 11th. Century).

Even today you have priests who decide to leave the priesthood because they’ve met a woman and wish to marry. A young assistant pastor from the Parish I attended did this about 20 years ago.

Personally I found nothing dishonorable in his decision, as clearly he had decided he could not hack celibacy and decided to proceed in a morally correct manner.


10 posted on 02/11/2013 12:36:20 PM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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