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The Apostles taught that if a person wanted to devote their whole live to service then it was good for them not to marry, but not a requirement. Be fruitful and multiply was also directed at those who populated this earth in the beginning. It was probably a pretty good suggestion don't ya thing? Doesn't mean that was a direct order to every person on the planet for all time.

Not a single Christian believes only what was taught by Jesus and the first Apostles. It is the nature of the Church and its theology to grow and become more perfect. If it wasn't for this growth, and maturing understanding of Christ, we would not even have the faintest idea of what the Trinity was (or a name for it) as this became more fully realized later in the Church's tradition.

With that in mind, what arguments can you provide that show that allowing marriage in the priesthood further perfects it or produce a greater good? The only good produce is the satisfaction of sexual desires and to submit to this entirely undermines the vow of celibacy as a whole, for the very point is to fight these urges for the glory of God.