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To: SeekAndFind

Liberals are upset the church isn’t CHANGING and giving into their demands. That’s a more accurate headline.

Ordination of women - that is truly a liberal stance.

Married priests, however, is biblical. Look up the qualifications for church leaders and you will see they are not forced to stay single by taking a celibacy vow. If they wanted to be married, they could marry and still be church leaders as long as they met the other criteria, being married was not a disqualifying factor.


17 posted on 06/13/2011 12:21:05 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
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To: Secret Agent Man
Married priests, however, is biblical.

True enough, but what is dogmatic is that the church can set its own internal rules. A celibate priesthood for a number of reasons, some very practical, was what was chosen.

27 posted on 06/13/2011 1:02:34 PM PDT by Last Dakotan
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