Methodist neighbor say's this about Cellabacy and Married Priests

[Erich]

Certainly there is no Biblical case to be made for celibate priesthood

unless of course one ignores the fact that priests act in persona Christi when celebrating the Sacraments, and Christ – the eternal High Priest – is celibate.

 

[RPConover]

And of course there already are married Catholic priests, married before ordination… but no plans to throw mandatory clerical celibacy out anytime soon…

 

[lak611]

And of course there already are married Catholic priests, married before ordination…

That’s not at all uncommon in the Eastern Catholic rites.

 

[Randy_Carson]

I know quite a few Methodists, including a pastor who has a practicing Catholic wife. I have never experienced anti-Catholicism from Methodists.

My parents are Methodist and I was raised as a Methodist.

After much discussion with my dad on a wide variety of topics, I’ve come to the tentative conclusion that the Methodist faith community is amazingly flexible in what its members are allowed to believe and still remain Methodist in good standing.

Doctrine seems to be a minor issue with them.

This is probably not what Mr. Wesley had in mind.

Caveat: I could be completely off-base on this. It’s just that I don’t recall any Methodist in my life who was a stickler for doctrinal precision.