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To: NYer
I have read how Protestant minister's families have interfered in their religious duties. A Catholic priest does not have these concerns and can give God's work first priority.

Well, I agree that there are Protestant ministers that are not necessarily following the leadership qualifications. Because in addition to saying "the husband of one wife", the passages in 1 Timothy 3 (as well as Titus 1) indicate that they need to be "one who rules his own house well, having his children in submission with all reverence (for if a man does not know how to rule his own house, how will he take care of the church of God?)."

11 posted on 11/12/2005 10:44:21 AM PST by Anti-MSM (Conservatives wish 9/11 never happened-liberals pretend it didn't! [www.cafepress.com/therightsite])
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To: Anti-MSM

From a priest:

Celibacy Question from Leonora on 09-09-2003:
I am sorry, Fr Levis, I just do not understand your strong opposition to optional celibacy for the priesthood. How can it be so bad? marriage is a wonderful thing, indeed, a sacrament

Answer by Fr. Robert J. Levis on 09-10-2003:
Dear Leonora, Celibacy will remain a characteristic of the Western Priesthood for the following reasons: 1. The priest is considered a groom, like Christ the Groom, married to the whole Church. This is an ancient patriarchal notion and a good one. This Christian union is monogamous, one husband with one wife. The priest's wife is his people whome he serves without counting the effort. 2. The vocation of the priest is to stand in the person of Christ who was celibacy thruout his whole life. 3. The primary purpose of marriage is the rearing and training of children, an enormous task. An essential duty of the priest is to administer the Sacraments most especially the HOly Eucharist, a most solemn duty which requires a detached life, much solitary prayer, and training for homiletic work. 4. The priest is considered the "sexless one", the man to whom all, men and women, may come in complete freedom and openness with their counselling problems. Any woman can see the priest who is not some woman's husband, which is a freedom for her and an advantage for the independent priest. 5. Imagine the costs of providing for a priest and his non-conceptive family, a real practical consideration in these times. God bless.
Fr. Bob Levis


24 posted on 11/15/2005 9:55:28 AM PST by franky (Pray for the souls of the faithful departed.)
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To: Anti-MSM

Interesting Protestant perspective:

http://www.cfadvocate.com/postnuke/html/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1110&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0

Alcholism is quite prevalent with the wives of clergy and my experience shows that many or most of the women clergy are pro abortion.


28 posted on 11/15/2005 11:44:02 AM PST by franky (Pray for the souls of the faithful departed.)
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