Posted on 12/04/2018 12:03:54 AM PST by Berlin_Freeper
... The pontiff said: “This is something I am concerned about, because perhaps at one time it did not receive much attention.”
He said candidates for the priesthood, as well as women seeking to become nuns, must be “humanly and emotionally mature”.
He added: “For this reason, the church urges that persons with this rooted tendency not be accepted into ministry or consecrated life.
“It’s better for them to leave the ministry or the consecrated life rather than to live a double life.”
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The CC hasn’t been successful at quieting their sexual appetite for sexual molestation of minors have they?
Quit bashing and pray for discernment.
If you can show me Biblical where celibacy is required for priesthood I’d congratulate you, but you can’t. Your whole belief system is crumbling all around you.
I said:
"... and there are eunuchs who have made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven."!!!!
It means to commit to celibacy for the sake of the kingdom!!!
It has NOTHING to do with marriage or divorce!
There is no construct wherein "having made themselves eunuchs" refers to either!
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