[Renatus]

Martin Luther was a man who made solemn lifetime vows BEFORE GOD to never marry. He then rejected those vows. I could never follow any man who made vows to God and then rejected them. I thank God every day that I have been given the grace to be a Roman Catholic with her sacred Magisterium to guard us in the truth.

[AnalogReigns]

Martin Luther was a man who made solemn lifetime vows BEFORE GOD to never marry. He then rejected those vows. I could never follow any man who made vows to God and then rejected them. I thank God every day that I have been given the grace to be a Roman Catholic with her sacred Magisterium to guard us in the truth.

Martin Luther made vows of celibacy within a human organization which had declared him eternally dead. Death has always been seen as freeing one from such vows.

More importantly, his Augustinian prior, von Staupitz, had formally released him from his monastic vows...within Staupitz's power, even assuming the legitimacy of the Roman Church.

This was at a time when Cardinals and Popes routinely had multiple concubines...

Luther was a faithful husband and pastor...a model for chaste behaviour, which even his worst enemies couldn't condemn.

[rwfromkansas]

As the NT clearly states, forbidding marriage is heresy. There is nothing wrong with rejecting heresy once one is enlightened to the truth.

[RnMomof7]

Martin Luther was a man who made solemn lifetime vows BEFORE GOD to never marry. He then rejected those vows. I could never follow any man who made vows to God and then rejected them. I thank God every day that I have been given the grace to be a Roman Catholic with her sacred Magisterium to guard us in the truth.

This of course is NOTHING like the number of flaming gay priests one meets these days is it? The "vow" is perfect cover for sodomy and child abuse.

I am amazed at the number of gay priests they are everywhere.

Martin Luther left the church and the vow..he married ,like the leaders of the reformation and those that followed he saw mariage as a blessing from God,not a threat to the wealth of the church!