To: marshmallow
Celibacy for priests is simply a church rule, not a a Scriptural requirement and could be changed with a stroke of the pen.
Given the past corruption of the clergy it would seem like a no brainer.
11 posted on
01/28/2011 10:59:44 AM PST by
count-your-change
(You don't have be brilliant, not being stupid is enough.)
To: count-your-change
Given the past corruption of the clergy it would seem like a no brainer.Of which corruption are you speaking?
13 posted on
01/28/2011 11:03:23 AM PST by
frogjerk
(I believe in unicorns, fairies and pro-life Democrats.)
To: count-your-change
Given the past corruption of the clergy it would seem like a no brainer. How's marriage working out for the Anglicans and the Methodists and the Presbyterians and the rest of the alphabet soup?
I'm talking about heterosexual marriage, not homosexual marriage which seems to be very much in vogue in certain parts of Protestantism.
No thanks.
We follow the example of Christ himself. We want priests who are totally given over to God as St. Paul advises.
16 posted on
01/28/2011 9:17:17 PM PST by
marshmallow
("A country which kills its own children has no future" -Mother Teresa of Calcutta)
To: count-your-change
Given the past corruption of the clergy it would seem like a no brainer. Yes, indeed ... only someone with no brains would propose changing the current Latin Rite discipline of clerical celibacy.
22 posted on
01/28/2013 2:43:52 PM PST by
ArrogantBustard
(Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
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