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To: biblewonk

The point is, priestly celibacy is not "forbidding people to marry" because people can, and most should marry, according to the Church. Even priests are not forbidden to marry, -- they can leave the Holy Orders and then marry.


114 posted on 05/26/2005 10:46:23 AM PDT by annalex
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To: annalex
The point is, priestly celibacy is not "forbidding people to marry" because people can, and most should marry, according to the Church. Even priests are not forbidden to marry, -- they can leave the Holy Orders and then marry

The points are: There is no such thing as priestly anything in Christianity except for the exceptions mentioned, and forbidding doesn't mean under penalty of death but only as a "church" rule.

116 posted on 05/26/2005 10:48:48 AM PDT by biblewonk (Socialism isn't all bad.)
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