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To: Illbay
Um, can you show me where God's will is expressly given to command "celibacy" of priests?

The Catholic Church has a great deal of writing on this topic. Have you looked at any of it?

46 posted on 07/16/2002 7:36:33 AM PDT by Snuffington
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To: Snuffington
I don't equate the rites and traditions of the Catholic Church with "God's will." The fact is even the current Pope has acknowledged that this is a tradition that is simply being upheld AS a tradition, not "God's will."

That was my point. You may believe as you wish, but you cannot demonstrate that this is "God's will," any more than you can prove how many angels can dance on the head of a pin (another traditional preoccupation of Catholic thought).

47 posted on 07/16/2002 7:48:07 AM PDT by Illbay
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