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To: ebb tide

Orthodox priests can marry, so I assume that was the rule before the Split between the Orthodox and Roman Catholic churches in 1054.

81 posted on 07/25/2019 3:30:12 PM PDT by kaehurowing

To: kaehurowing

Your assumption is wrong.

86 posted on 07/25/2019 3:34:07 PM PDT by ebb tide (We have a rogue curia in Rome)

To: kaehurowing

Orthodox priests can marry

Actually, no, they can't.

Married men can be ordained. But a single man who is ordained can't marry afterwards.

92 posted on 07/25/2019 3:59:31 PM PDT by Jim Noble (I have never seen a dead horse get up, beat on or not)

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