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To: piytar
"But Catholic authority requires Catholic priests to take vows of celibacy,"

Most Protestants and too many Catholics think that celibate means chaste, it doesn't. I simply means that priests take a vow to not marry so that their number one priority is to the Church and its flock, not to their personal family. Sexual activity out of wedlock is a sin for priests no different than for any other Catholic.

153 posted on 01/04/2010 12:30:54 PM PST by Natural Law
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To: Natural Law

Um, while celibacy and chastity are different, celibacy includes chastity. Celibacy includes renouncing both marriage and sex (including sexual thoughts).

A married person who has sex with his or her spouse is chaste, but not celibate. An unmarried person (e.g., priest) who has sex with anyone is neither chaste nor celibate.


253 posted on 01/05/2010 7:48:09 AM PST by piytar (Ammo is hard to find! Bought some lately? Please share where at www.ammo-finder.com)
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