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To: SubMareener

priestly celibacy is not a dogma, it’s a discipline that was adopted many centuries after the time of Christ. It can be modified without violence to any Christian doctrine.


4 posted on 01/28/2017 6:58:58 PM PST by WilliamIII
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To: WilliamIII

The first Pope, Simon Peter, was married. Jesus healed his mother-in-law.


6 posted on 01/28/2017 7:06:54 PM PST by SubMareener (Save us from Quarterly Freepathons! Become a MONTHLY DONOR)
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To: WilliamIII

The Eastern Orthodox churches allow married clergy.


13 posted on 01/28/2017 8:34:48 PM PST by reg45 (Barack 0bama: Gone but not forgiven.)
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