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To: FourtySeven

Read my posts I'm not against celibacy for priests or individuals. I believe it shoud be optional and women also should be allowed. As information most priests prior to 1000AD were married. Why is it required today?


167 posted on 11/16/2006 12:09:10 PM PST by Courdeleon02
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To: Courdeleon02

Well, I don't think you've read my post. I've stated that I realize it wasn't around in the early Church. Neither was the Bible. Should we throw the Bible out simply because Jesus Himself didn't physically write it?

And also, you don't seem to be understanding the main point here: The vocation of the priesthood is VOLUNTARY, so no one is forcing them to be celibate.

If you do understand that point, then you are trying to mold the priesthood into what YOU want, and again, as a student of history, you should know that it's not the individual who decides what the Church should believe (or do), it's the other way around. At least historically speaking.


174 posted on 11/16/2006 12:12:21 PM PST by FourtySeven (47)
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