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To: Da Coyote

Me too but it amounts to them doing a 180 reversal, ie, that they were wrong.

And they are. There are no biblical restrictions that mandate priests/elders/deacons/overseers have to be celibate and not marry.

Most that enter are not the ones Paul is describing that can handle that kind of life, and says they are better off married, but he never goes on to say those that marry must then be denied the priesthood.


4 posted on 09/22/2016 7:40:45 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Secret Agent Man
Me too but it amounts to them doing a 180 reversal, ie, that they were wrong.

It's just a rule, not doctrine. Rules can always be changed, and it has nothing to do with being "right" or "wrong."

12 posted on 09/22/2016 7:53:21 PM PDT by BlessedBeGod (To restore all things in Christ ~~~~ Appeasing evil is cowardice.)
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To: Secret Agent Man

The practice of priestly celibacy is not, in fact, a doctrine of the Catholic Church. It is a discipline. Doctrine cannot and will not change. Discipline, on the other hand, can be changed.


27 posted on 09/22/2016 8:41:14 PM PDT by Msouth85
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