[txnativegop]

letting priests marry is something that should have been done long ago.

Especially since the rule goes back to 1215 A.D. and no further.

[ebb tide]

And how do you feel about an advocate for womyn “priests” being appointed to the pope’s next pre-Sin-Nod council?

Are you for womyn “priests”, also?

[Campion]

Especially since the rule goes back to 1215 A.D. and no further.

Urban legend. Google "Synod of Elvira".

[EDINVA]

I’ve belonged to Catholic and Protestant parishes. There are pro’s and con’s re married clergy. The most obvious is that an unmarried Catholic priest is more fully dedicated to his flock and ministerial duties, whereas a married Protestant minister often has conflicts between interests of his family and his parish. Having a supportive family, on the other hand, often provides a perspective that relates more closely to the parishioners.

[Mrs. Don-o]

It has never been OK for a priest to marry.

But for centuries, it was OK for a married man to become a priest.

The sequence is important.

married ——> priest OK

priest -——> married not OK

That’s why (among the Byzantine Greek Catholics, for instance) the seminarians who want to get married, get married before they receive Holy Orders.

[Petrosius]

Read Christian Cochini's Apostolic Origins of Priestly Celibacy. In the West the practice goes back to the earliest days of the Church.

[pbear8]

You are misinformed.