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To: Pyro7480

In the 1400s it was commonly the case that Western European Cardinals and Bishops had wives, concubines and families. I think “teachings” have changed a bit. Now someone might dispute with me on the matter but it’s pretty easy to find many of these individuals.


64 posted on 05/16/2008 3:56:57 PM PDT by muawiyah
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To: muawiyah

Clerical celibacy is a practice, not a teaching. Bishops, in either the West or the East, have never been married. The bishops who were, at any point in history, were breaking their vow to God!


75 posted on 05/16/2008 4:02:21 PM PDT by Pyro7480 ("If the angels could be jealous of men, they would be so for one reason: Holy Communion." -M. Kolbe)
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