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To: dfwgator
Married priests ain't gonna happen either.

This is very different. Roman Catholic Church was ordaining married men into priesthood until XII century (letting already ordained to look for women is another thing). General celibacy is disciplinary and not doctrinal.

127 posted on 04/13/2005 2:17:29 PM PDT by A. Pole (The Law of Comparative Advantage: "Americans should not have children and should not go to college")
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To: A. Pole

Somebody please correct me if wrong, but does not the catholic church have a few married priests under a special dispensation because they came from another denomination into the catholic church?

It is also important to mention, that the Easter Orthodox priests who are married when they take their vows, can not rise in the ranks to bishop. Those remain unmarried postitions.


130 posted on 04/13/2005 2:36:11 PM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE!)
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