It’s not a Church “commandment,” but a Church discipline which is consonant with Jesus’ teaching, and which the Church of Christ has the authority to require of Her priests (”If he will not listen to the church...”), the opinions of men notwithstanding.
FYI, there are some married priests in the Latin Rite, and married priests are common in other Catholic Rites.
My authority is Christ’s Church. Yours is Martin Luther.
“...there are some married priests in the Latin Rite, and married priests are common in other Catholic Rites.”
It doesn’t matter to some. That info has been posted on FR on every celibacy thread for 10+ years. There are many that are just not interested. Same thing with the liberal Catholics hating the discipline and conservative Catholics thinking it is valuable. Just doesn’t matter.
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