Posted on 03/10/2023 5:27:40 PM PST by ebb tide
‘It is not eternal like priestly ordination, which is forever, whether you like it or not. Whether you leave or not is another matter, but it is forever. On the other hand, celibacy is a discipline.’
In a new interview, Pope Francis has discussed the possibility of revising the Western discipline of priestly celibacy.
“There is no contradiction for a priest to marry. Celibacy in the Western Church is a temporary prescription: I do not know if it is settled in one way or another, but it is temporary in this sense,” Pope Francis said in an interview published on March 10.
“It is not eternal like priestly ordination, which is forever, whether you like it or not. Whether you leave or not is another matter, but it is forever. On the other hand, celibacy is a discipline.”
When asked by the Argentine journalist Daniel Hadad if celibacy “could be reviewed,” Pope Francis responded: “Yes, yes. In fact, everyone in the Eastern Church is married. Or those who want to. There they make a choice. Before ordination there is the choice to marry or to be celibate,” according to a transcript provided by Infobae.
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Ping
Pope announces: “Luther was right.”
I don’t see an issue with priests marrying. In fact it may eliminate many of the issues. Plus more people may want to be a priest at that point.
Just an aside from a resident Protestant.
1 Timothy 3:1-7
Here is a trustworthy saying: Whoever aspires to be an overseer desires a noble task. 2 Now the overseer is to be above reproach, faithful to his wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, 3 not given to drunkenness, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money. 4 He must manage his own family well and see that his children obey him, and he must do so in a manner worthy of full[a] respect. 5 (If anyone does not know how to manage his own family, how can he take care of God’s church?) 6 He must not be a recent convert, or he may become conceited and fall under the same judgment as the devil. 7 He must also have a good reputation with outsiders, so that he will not fall into disgrace and into the devil’s trap.
I don’t worry about the idea of “married priests,” but I do worry about the idea of “gay-married priests,” because, let’s face it, that’s the ultimate end game for most of these boys.
Well he was. The bibles patriarchs were married. The high priests were married. Many of the apostles and disciples were married. Leaders of the church could be married. The caveat was to one wife only, and to have their household in good order, if they were married. One denomination started to push for nonmarried priests so that any inheritances they had wouldn’t pass out of the church to surviving family.
I agree. It was probably far easier for a dedicated man to live a celibate life as a priest, some 400 years ago.
Back then, the acknowledged world was a far smaller place.
There was virtually no media, fewer distractions and fewer temptations to ignore.
Catholic?
Why doesn’t he just go ahead and say what he means; “The Holy Bible just isn’t that relevant in today’s “church”.”
Catholic?
Yes. As a child, I received most of the sacraments, from baptism to confirmation.
Knowing the priesthood, they’ll only be allowed non-celibacy with other men.
The priests in the eastern Catholic Church can be married
I’m waiting for the Vatican abortuary & gender transition clinic. Probably within the next 4 years.
Now the overseer is to be above reproach, faithful to his wife, temperate, self-controlled,
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Problem: Some of the Lord’s own apostles were: not above reproach; not married; and not temperate or self-controlled!
And we can be confident that many overseers that came after the apostles failed to exemplify some or all of those virtues Timothy references.
I do. It's a slippery slope, what with Bergoglio's Amoris Laetitia and divorcees.
BINGO!
Well, it’s a fine observation that if a man can’t manage his own family, how can he manage God’s church?
Well, there are married priests in Eastern Rite IIRC. And married Anglicans who convert. What happens if he just goes ahead and dissolves all of the non married rites and transfers them can be married eastern Rite?
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