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Byz_Guy
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Personally, I think that the author’s conclusion that the Ban on married Eastern Catholic priests outside of their canonical territories was abrogated by the 1990 CCEO is inaccurate. There’s too much evidence to show otherwise, especially recent statements from the Eastern Congregation in Rome. I also don’t accept his earlier interpretations that priestly celibacy is an apostolic doctrine.The author states that earlier restrictions on ordination of married eastern priest have been aborogated by the 1990 CCEO, but he draws that conclusion based upon canon CCEO 393 (clerics should be willing to relocate to serve) prior to mentioning CCEO 758.3 which positively specify use of norms established by the Apostolic See. He mentions that the Syro-Malabar have only married priests by their particular law.
Having said that, some of the historical information in these articles is fascinating. I never knew there was an attempt to impose celibacy in the Ukrainian Catholic Church and that it nearly succeeded. The statements by Metropolitan Andrew on celibacy and his letters to Pope Pius XI about it were new to me.