Perhaps the priests of the Roman "church" Yesterday was an important day: Simchat Torah He came to tabernacle with His people eight days before.The Creator of the Universe married ???
shalom b'SHEM Yah'shua HaMashiach
Is that an example ???
should have followed the example of Origen.
There would not have been so many sex scandals.
The Joy of the WORD - The Circumcision of Yah'shua.
John 1:14 John 1:14 And the Word became flesh, and
dwelt (tabernacled) among us, and we saw His glory,
(Shekhinah glory)
glory as of the only begotten from the Father,
full of grace and truth.
I suppose St. Paul being celibate and encouraging others not to marry has no weight? I Cor 7:8, 25-35
BTW celibacy does not produce sex scandals any more than marriage produces adultery. The problem, in both cases (and all other cases of sin), is a lack of correspondence to God's grace. Both the East (Orthodox) and West from apostolic times have always had celibate clergy and consecrated virgins. The Protestants rejected this apostolic tradition which was based on Scripture (see the link).
In talking about married clergy, most people overlook the fact that in the Orthodox and the Roman Catholic Churches the constant tradition has been and remains that once ordained (deacon, priest or Bishop) they cannot marry. In both the Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches monks and Bishops are celibate. The big difference between the two is that the Orthodox allow a man to marry before his ordination to the deaconate, if he so chooses, but again once ordained a deacon he can never marry again even if his wife dies.
In a word, up to the 15th century the entire Christian tradition was united: after ordination, no marriage; monks and Bishops were always celibates. And the Orthodox and Roman Catholic Church have continued this practice. In contrast with the Orthodox, the Roman Catholic discipline admits only celibates to the priesthood. Any man who does not feel called to celibacy should not sign up.