Do married Catholic priests have to remain continent?

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For people asking for the source of this information. My source was a virger in the C of E, so for those not sure what that is, it’s somebody who is like a server but also a general caretaker of the church. It is usually a paid full time job in the Anglican church. They will help during the service, but outside of that they will also take care of any preparations for a service, take care of seating if it is a particular type of service and/or important people are attending etc. They will also do some other general things, such as opening and closing up the church etc.
 
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I explained a couple of posts up where the information was from.
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Yes, but a verger isn’t a member of the clergy. In other words, there is no further education needed, and no theology. They don’t have any authority beyond their role, so their views may be right or may be only their opinion. They are lay people, when all is said and done.
 
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Because we’re not involved with the fine points of canon law on this forum I believe saying this canon lawyer ‘believes’ is a satisfactory way to simplify saying he expresses the professional opinion that his interpretation of canon law is … If it were pertinent I should have been far more careful over my semantics.

As neither of us have named a canon lawyer it is a possibility we are even both talking about a different one. 😄
 
TomH1 said:
Because we’re not involved with the fine points of canon law on this forum
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Is that so? That’s about all I comment on around here. Well, maybe not always “fine points”…
TomH1 said:
I believe saying this canon lawyer ‘believes’ is a satisfactory way to simplify saying he expresses the professional opinion that his interpretation of canon law is … If it were pertinent I should have been far more careful over my semantics.
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That’s fine. I thought it was pertinent so that’s why I made the comment. I guess that probably should go without saying.

Dan
 
It can mean it, but doesnt have to mean it.

celibate

noun

plural celibates

Definition of celibate (Entry 2 of 2)

: a person who lives in celibacy : a celibate person:

a : an unmarried personespecially : one who abstains from marriage because of a religious vowpriestly celibates

b : a person who abstains from sexual intercourse… described himself as “a reluctant celibate” who had not been with a woman for four years …— Janice Kennedy
 
It is possible that the OP had a source of information who was part of a traditionalist movement within Anglicanism, or who was under an Anglican bishop who had such expectations of deacons and priests. What he said could have been true in that time and place.

Similarly for the Catholic respondent who heard this about permanent deacons. If a local bishop desired only to have single or older continent men as permanent deacons, or to ask married deacons for continence, he would have the right to pick only such persons to ordain as deacons or married priests. (Although he probably would not be able to enforce this if the deacons or married priests changed their minds after ordination.)
 
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It can mean it, but doesnt have to mean it.
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Again, Church vs. secular plus dictionaries being modified to include popular misuse.
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In a living language, at some point popular misuse becomes acceptable alternative use. There is a disconnect between the way that the word is used in popular culture and the way that it is used in the Church. This is nothing new.
 
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