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To: Catsrus
Since marriage is a sign of God’s love for mankind - then why not allow priests and sisters to marry?

There are some married priests in the Latin Rite. There are many in the Eastern Rites.

It's a discipline, not a dogma.

Jesus and St. Paul commend celibacy. It's in the Bible, and it's always been part of Tradition.

6 posted on 06/09/2015 4:42:08 AM PDT by St_Thomas_Aquinas ( Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
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To: St_Thomas_Aquinas

Paul was only against marriage for those who were not married seeking marriage out while preaching and traveling abroad. If you were married, or you weren’t out in the field, then it was fine, at least that’s how I have come to interpret it.


7 posted on 06/09/2015 4:47:00 AM PDT by Morpheus2009
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To: St_Thomas_Aquinas

Yes, I know this, however, all should be allowed to make that choice.


8 posted on 06/09/2015 4:49:47 AM PDT by Catsrus
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