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To: Bayard

I just read that. There is no requirement that priests must be celibate in that passage. In fact priests in the Bible were married men. Mandatory priestly celibacy was institutionalized by the Catholic Church centuries after Jesus. You’re manufacturing things out of whole cloth. The Lord commands us to be fruitful and multiply. He created Eve because He did not want Adam to be alone. A married priest with a wife and children is no less holy than a single celibate priest.


42 posted on 02/21/2014 12:27:06 PM PST by Trapped Behind Enemy Lines
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To: Trapped Behind Enemy Lines

You’ve obviously narrowed out the scriptural arguments to fit only “requirement” criteria.

You should recognize that the arguments for celibate clergy are not based on arguments of “requirement.” That is why it is based spiritual fruits for fruitfulness in ministry.

Since you are not clergy, why do you even consider this to be important? There is no shortage of those willing to make the sacrifice to be a priest.


46 posted on 02/21/2014 4:53:04 PM PST by Bayard
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