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To: gcruse
Celibacy is not pointless. It has consequences. What would be the effect if everybody did it? Hmm.

Of course, in our Church, we have faith that God calls some to celibacy, but not all.

25 posted on 11/08/2003 8:01:40 AM PST by Snuffington
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To: Snuffington
It's a good thing! LOL
26 posted on 11/08/2003 8:02:40 AM PST by gcruse (http://gcruse.typepad.com/)
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To: Snuffington
Yo Snuff God calls some to celibacy, but not all.

And he obviously doesn't call all opriests to celibacy. Ya gotta think a little outside the box here. When the RC's accept married converts who are already in Holy Orders from the Anglicans, or Lutherans, they often ordain them as RC Priests. Happens all the time. Priests of the Uniate (Eastern Rite under Papal Authority) Eastern Churches are allowed ordination if they are married, (although I don't think they are allowed to marry afterwards.)

Of course, the converted clergy are allowed to keep their wives and families, even as they serve as RC Priests. The point is, Celibacy is a rule of their Church, they recognize it is not a "Rule from God" and that it has scant Scriptural provenance. It's like an organizational thing. The Roamn Catholics could change this and probably will when they get around to it. Who knows, might even be a good idea.

Right now, it might look as if they were allowing marriage among their clergy because of the paedophilic-queer scandals. Clerical Marriage and these buggering bastards have nothing to do with each other. They are the result of the RC's relaxing another rule they had which was a damn good one: that is they actively used to discourage homosexuals from entering the seminaries. (duh!?)

85 posted on 11/08/2003 11:17:39 AM PST by Kenny Bunk
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