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To: Jacob Kell

Substantially correct. A man must marry before ordination to the diaconate, not necessarily before entering seminary. A cleric cannot remarry, even if his wife should die. And Eastern bishops are chosen from among monks, who are always celibate. An ordinary diocesan priest isn’t eligible, unless he was ordained as a celibate, or widowed, etc.


15 posted on 11/13/2017 10:33:57 AM PST by Campion (Halten Sie sich unbedingt an die Lehre!)
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Was this thread posted because of talks about allowing mature men in Brazil who are married to become priests?


16 posted on 11/13/2017 11:35:34 AM PST by Biggirl ("One Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Ephesians 4:5)
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