[muawiyah]

The solution would seem to be to abolish the formal hierarchical type priesthood and replace it with a more general priesthood of all believers that would include the married and unmarried.

That way the doctrine of celibacy is not disturbed and those who worship it may continue undistrubed.

In the meantime the Catholic church in America might well survive and thrive.

Guys, you can't make it doing little more than picking up a few Anglicans here and there. The people hunger.

Not that I'm proselytizing here ~ just giving advice ~

[Salvation]

**The solution would seem to be to abolish the formal hierarchical type priesthood and replace it with a more general priesthood of all believers that would include the married and unmarried.**

This is already true for all of us at our baptism, ism’t it?

[x_plus_one]

a more general priesthood of all believers

What about the sacrament of holy orders?