What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision? / Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God.Paul is not a liar. The Masorah and the Received Texts have nothing lost in copying or translation.
— Romans 3:1-2
Celibacy was not an absolute rule for Roman Catholic priests until the mid-11th century, and it had something to do with the idea of divided loyalties-it had been proposed in the early 4th century by some clerics from Spain, but was rejected at the time.
Pardon me-my co-worker says celibacy became mandatory in the mid 12th century, not the 11th-and he’s usually right...