[dsc]

"Boy, those Anglican dispensation guys will be surprised to hear this."

I very much doubt that.

"The ones we have in our diocese (five of them, all married, and ALL pastors of large parishes) are heads-and-shoulders above most of the celibates. They're much better preachers and as dedicated to their parishes as most celibates."

1. I wouldn't trust your opinion of the weather, much less something like that.

2. There's more to being a priest than writing and deliering homilies.

3. It's not a matter of dedication; it's a question of the allocation of a man's finite resources.

"Most celibates obviously don't devote their "spare time" to prayer and contemplation."

Then perhaps they're not the sort of men who should have been ordained.

[sinkspur]

Then perhaps they're not the sort of men who should have been ordained.

The Church seems to be taking what it can get.