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To: marajade

Dear marajade,

The epistle that you cite merely states that bishops should be married no more than once, not that priests or bishops should be married.

The Catholic Church agrees. As well, the discipline in the Latin Rite is that priests typically will maintain vows of celibacy, as encouraged by St. Paul elsewhere.


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17 posted on 07/08/2006 12:40:15 PM PDT by sitetest (If Roe is not overturned, no unborn child will ever be protected in law.)
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To: sitetest

I believe the book of Timothy states that priests should be the husband of but one wife and their children faithful. Big diff from what you are saying in my opinion.


20 posted on 07/08/2006 12:44:18 PM PDT by marajade (Yes, I'm a SW freak!)
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