[RnMomof7]

Pay up. The reason had nothing to do with "touching Christ" as you contended. Like all celebrants he couldn't eat or drink the night before either. It was about sacrifice. By the way it wasn't until 325 (Council of Nicea) that ordained priests could not marry.

So sex made them too dirty to do WHAT SACRIFICE ? duh... the bread

385-Pope Siricius left his wife in order to become pope. Decreed that priests may no longer sleep with their wives.

567-2nd Council of Tours: any cleric found in bed with his wife would be excommunicated for a year and reduced to the lay state.

590-604-Pope Gregory “the Great” said that all sexual desire is sinful in itself

[Houghton M.]

Gregory the Great did not say that sexual desire was in itself sinful but that in a fallen world it is disordered, as are our appetites for food and a lot of other things.

Unlike Buddhism, desires cannot in themselves be evil or sinful for Christians and Jews because desires were created by God. Since the Fall, however, they are disordered, big time.

When you find the Latin quote from Gregory that supports your claim, please post it. But don’t bother with quotes in translation from your anti-Catholic Cliffs Notes.

[Palladin]

Don’t forget all those Borgias.

Celibate? I think not.

[Grunthor]

“590-604-Pope Gregory “the Great” said that all sexual desire is sinful in itself”

Pretty sure I just figgered out why when my ancestors came from Europe and looked for a new faith (they were jews) they chose Protestantism.