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To: marajade; sitetest
So tell me, how many Catholic priests in your church have been married once?

So how many times was Jesus married?

Jesus Himself speaks of celibacy in Matthew 19:11-12: "Not all can accept this word, but only those to whom it is granted. Some are incapable of marriage because they were born so; some, because they were made so by others; some, because they have renounced marriage for the sake of the kingdom of God. Whoever can accept this ought to accept it." Again, the emphasis is on the special nature of celibacy, one for which not all men are suited, but one that nevertheless gives glory to "the kingdom of God."

Perhaps the best evidence for the scriptural support of celibacy is that Jesus Himself practiced it!

81 posted on 07/08/2006 2:53:52 PM PDT by NYer (Discover the beauty of the Eastern Catholic Churches - freepmail me for more information.)
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To: NYer

Jesus was God, are priests in the Catholic Church?


84 posted on 07/08/2006 2:56:20 PM PDT by marajade (Yes, I'm a SW freak!)
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To: NYer

In the 20th Chapter of Luke, where he is hit by the puzzle of wives and husbands, Our Lord says something interesting. He says not only do those in heaven not marry but that they are some on earth in the kingdom who are are already like the angels in that respect. Not only did Our Lord live like a monk, or to be more exact like a Friar, but, as Luke points out, as he was writing there were already those who lived celibate lives in imitation of Our Lord. Of course there is also the example of St. John, whose life and our Lord paralleled, and then of course the life of St. Paul followed much the same course.


106 posted on 07/08/2006 3:16:16 PM PDT by RobbyS ( CHIRHO)
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