Clerical Celibacy

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maklavan said:
Following Pope Benedict’s initiative, dozens of Anglican clergy, with their wives and kids, have come over to Rome. the number may swell to hundreds quite soon, This is the thin edge of the wedge. It could result in a Church with a married parish priest in one parish, and a single man in the next.It would appear that obligatory celibacy is doomed!
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You seem to forget that the Eastern Catholic churches have ordained married men for hundreds of years.

Furthermore, the Church has never allowed the clergy to marry under normal circumstances – they must be married before they take orders.

St. Paul tells us that celibacy is a gift. Why run away from it?
 
L_Marshall said:
You seem to forget that the Eastern Catholic churches have ordained married men for hundreds of years.

Furthermore, the Church has never allowed the clergy to marry under normal circumstances – they must be married before they take orders.

St. Paul tells us that celibacy is a gift. Why run away from it?
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This his also been a great source on conflict with our Eastern brothers, and we have tried to impose our view on them many times.

Celibacy would still be a gift, even if the Church allowed some rural Priests to be married for example.
 
maklavan said:
Following Pope Benedict’s initiative, dozens of Anglican clergy, with their wives and kids, have come over to Rome. the number may swell to hundreds quite soon, This is the thin edge of the wedge. It could result in a Church with a married parish priest in one parish, and a single man in the next.It would appear that obligatory celibacy is doomed!
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Even if married Anglican clergy were to be ordained numbering in the thousands, they would most likely remain uncommon, simply because there are about 40,000 priests in American and over 400,000 worldwide…
 
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