So tell us b-a-c...How would you feel if your priest is a convert and he's married?
Would you feel as though you were being cheated because your priest is not celibate? Surely this married convert cannot be as dedicated as a single priest?
In brief, here is why Roman Catholic Priests are perpetually celibate. In the Old Testament, during the one time a year the priest offered sacrifice he had to be continent (sexually celibate) and live apart from his wife.As the New testament Priest offers the Holy Sacrifice of the New Covenant Daily, perpetual continence/celibacy is apt. Now, if this Apostolic Discipline is changed, I will accept it but the intellectual case for its retention is gaining momentum; all the inertia is on the side of it staying a Discipline