[Petrosius]

It certainly wasn’t always the case that priests couldn’t get married and the decision to stop that was based more on holding onto land that might end up in the hands of divorced wives.

An oft-repeated lie. Priestly celibacy, or more properly constancy, was the rule in the West from Apostolic times.

[circlecity]

That’s nonsense. Show me any statement by any apostle or prophet that a pastor has to remain celibate. Peter was married right up until his death. His wife was martyred shortly before he was.

[ealgeone]

An oft-repeated lie. Priestly celibacy, or more properly constancy, was the rule in the West from Apostolic times.

Do we not have a right to take along a believing wife, even as the rest of the apostles and the brothers of the Lord and Cephas? 1 Corinthians 9:5 NASB