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To: Secret Agent Man
Everybody agrees that clerical celibacy is discipline, not dogma. Discipline can admit exceptions; dogma never can.

That's why married priests are the norm in most of the Eastern Rite Catholic churches, and why a few married ex-Protestant ministers have been to trained to the priesthood in the Western church.

It's a matter of prudential judgement, not dogma. The point of the article is that that prudential judgement is not contrary to Scripture.

10 posted on 02/02/2015 4:58:47 AM PST by Campion
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To: Campion

not all denominations view it that way and they will not have leaders who do not take a celibacy vow. they can forget about being leaders if they don’t take that vow, so it becomes a requirement for some churches.


14 posted on 02/02/2015 8:49:22 AM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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