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To: ebb tide

As I understand it, Eastern Catholic churches do allow married priests, but under THREE conditions:

One: That a man be already married BEFORE studying and being ordained.

Two: That if his marriage is annulled while a priest, he is forbidden to remarry,.

Three: The highest a married man can go is to be a priest. Any higher, he is to be unmarried.


5 posted on 11/12/2017 9:44:58 PM PST by Jacob Kell (A New Day has Dawned, let's Make America Great Again!)
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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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