To: annalex
No, the sacraments of Holy Orders and Matrimony are two entirely different Sacraments. Holy Orders is not the same as Matrimony. One neither includes nor excludes the other.
18 posted on
05/19/2009 6:20:40 AM PDT by
VidMihi
("In fide, unitas; in dubiis, libertas; in omnibus, caritas.")
To: VidMihi
Indeed; and married priesthood is possible. Celibate priesthood though is a purer form.
19 posted on
05/19/2009 8:18:07 AM PDT by
annalex
(http://www.catecheticsonline.com/CatenaAurea.php)
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