[weikel]

If you believe the folks on TV, celibacy was something "imposed on the priesthood" during the Middle Ages to keep the children of clerics from inheriting Church property. If I had a dime for every time I've heard this.… Actually, the real history is far more interesting, and complex.

So the history channel was outright lying?

[Polycarp]

So the history channel was outright lying?

I seriously doubt they had the Catholic agenda at heart...lots of TV "historians" are lazy in their research for pop history programming, accepting the established WASP story line.

[SMEDLEYBUTLER]

So the history channel was outright lying?

Indeed they were. I'll bet they didn't mention many of the following:

Clement of Alexandria (~150-220 AD) "Stromata" Book VII, Chapter XI

Canons XXVII and XXXIII of the Council of Elvira 295-302 AD

Council of Nicea 325 AD

Pope Siricius "Dicreta" 385 AD

Pope Siricius "Cum in unum" 386 AD

Synod of Rome 386 AD

Second Council of Carthage 390 AD

Codex canonum Ecclesiae Africanae 419 AD

catechesis of St. Cyril of Jerusalem (313-386 AD)

"Letter to Pammachius" St. Jerome (347-419 AD)

St. Jeromes' polemic with Vigilantius from Gaul 406 AD

"De conjugiis adulterinis" St. Augustine 419 AD

"Breviatio Ferrandi" ~550 AD

Third Council of Toledo 589 AD

councils held under St. Caesarius of Arles sixth century AD

Irish Penitentials sixth century AD

Poenitentiale Vinniani, no. 27, sixth century AD

Council of Metz 888 AD

Council of Mainz 888 AD

Council of Rheims 909 AD

Synod of Rome 1077 AD

First Lateran Council Canons III, XI 1123 AD

Second Lateran Council Canons VI, VII, XI 1139 AD

[buffyt]

The vow of chastity is the vow to behave themselves.
Looks like a bunch of them broke THAT vow big time! They were NOT behaving themselves. I ahve read a lot about the seminaries, and they are helping to cause these problems, they are so liberal and pro-gay.

[Conservative til I die]

Yeah, cuz if it's on TV it must be true! Corollary: If it's on the internet, it must really really be true. Let's beam back to Planet Earth, m'kay?