Priests and marrige?

[johnnykins]

Perhaps its not the lazy but the overworked. Many spend an inordinate time forced to chose between marriage and ordination, when it’s a false dichonomy.

Isa - are you saying that Orthodox monks, who make up the bulk of Orthodox Bishops who must choose between marriage and ordination, are lazy? Or does this false dichotomy go away with the Orthodox episcopacy, widowed priests and those who regret their choice of becoming monks?

What about the Orthodox rule against marriage AFTER ordination? Where does that fit in?

Why Orthodoxy seems to have as many issues as Catholicism when you look at its episcopacy, widowed priests and those who made a mistake in the first place by becoming monks. And you attack all of it.

I’m stunned you would attack Orthodox praxis in this way? Or are your arguments simply limited to attacking Latin praxis? If so, it strikes me as a limited and false distinction you make.

 

[THurifer2]

Simple question…
Is there Biblical basis for denying priests the right to be married?

Yes 1 Timothy 3:15

But if I should be delayed, you should know how to behave in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of truth

*Matt 16:19

“I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; and whatever you bind on earth shall have been bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall have been loosed in heaven.”*

Those two verses prove the church has the authority in the matter of celibacy…Remember Catholicism doesn’t require scripture for the only source of truth…after all the written word isn’t as old as the church…1000 years ago most people couldn’t read and the the bible wasn’t availible…