Sex is a snare, isn’t it? I can’t help but think that sex was a pretty strong thought in the back of Martin Luther’s mind too. Some day all Christians will be united, but it’ll be little more than a social club if they keep forsaking doctrine a paragraph at a time.
Luther's libido resided, prominently, in his frontal lobe. Right alongside his paranoia, schizophrenia and alcoholism.
Clerical celibacy is not a doctrine. It is not a divinely revealed Truth. Rather, it is a policy of the Roman Church. If it were a doctrine, then how could Rome consider itself in Communion with churches that allow married men to become priests?
Because clerical celibacy is not a doctrine, but rather a policy, it is subject to modification should the circumstances require it. Whether or not those circumstances are present today is another question.
You don’t need to be married to have sex. Haven’t you been following church news for the last 15 years?
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