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There is nothing to base his opinion on since there have not been married priests.

The Cardinal in question is the Maronite patriarch of Antioch, in Syria. The Maronite Catholic Church has had married priests for centuries. They live among the Melkite Catholics and Antiochene Orthodox, and practically Melkite and Orthodox priests are married.

So, in other words, there's nothing "fatuous" about it. Cardinal Sfeir has forgotten more about married priests than you or I know.

What does it sum up? That the cardinal is making things up? Christ was not a priest. He is the Son of God. Equating the two is pure sophistry.

Christ is the high priest of the new covenant. Hebrews makes that perfectly clear.

From NYer's post: "First of all, there is a big difference between west and east. More than 50% of marriages in the west end in divorce. This is not so in the east. For a married priest to divorce would be scandal for Catholics."

So, in other words, there's nothing "fatuous" about it. Cardinal Sfeir has forgotten more about married priests than you or I know.

The very first sentence in post #9 invalidates your premise. Nyer's post makes it very clear that there is a difference. Hence, the Cardinal cannot have anything to base his claim.