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To: Cindy
Mandatory celibacy came into being at the Second Lateran Council in 1139 when Pope Innocent the Second pronounced all clerical marriages invalid and the children of such marriages bastards. Mandatory celibacy was later affirmed by the council of Trent in the 16th century and subsequently by every pope since that time.

The article you referenced is full of errors and lies. The mischaracterization of what Paul wrote being just one. The author obviously knows little of Scripture or history. His failure to mention only one of the following shows that he is agenda driven and a liar:

Clement of Alexandria (~150-220 AD) "Stromata" Book VII, Chapter XI

Canons XXVII and XXXIII of the Council of Elvira 295-302 AD

Council of Nicea 325 AD

Pope Siricius "Dicreta" 385 AD

Pope Siricius "Cum in unum" 386 AD

Synod of Rome 386 AD

Second Council of Carthage 390 AD

Codex canonum Ecclesiae Africanae 419 AD

catechesis of St. Cyril of Jerusalem (313-386 AD)

"Letter to Pammachius" St. Jerome (347-419 AD)

St. Jeromes' polemic with Vigilantius from Gaul 406 AD

"De conjugiis adulterinis" St. Augustine 419 AD

"Breviatio Ferrandi" ~550 AD

Third Council of Toledo 589 AD

councils held under St. Caesarius of Arles sixth century AD

Irish Penitentials sixth century AD

Poenitentiale Vinniani, no. 27, sixth century AD

Council of Metz 888 AD

Council of Mainz 888 AD

Council of Rheims 909 AD

Synod of Rome 1077 AD

First Lateran Council Canons III, XI 1123 AD

Second Lateran Council Canons VI, VII, XI 1139 AD

18 posted on 04/28/2002 8:18:17 AM PDT by SMEDLEYBUTLER
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To: SMEDLEYBUTLER
What THE BIBLE says about Homosexuality (click here)

FREE CONGRESS FOUNDATION: "A BAROMETER OF SPIRITUAL CONDITION" -Commentary by Brad Keena (042602)

31 posted on 04/28/2002 4:00:06 PM PDT by Cindy
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