Should Catholic priests be allowed to marry?”
i have been Catholic all of my life . Priests should be able to marry. I agree with you that by being unmarried they can not give good advice on the problems that people face in life. I came across the following passage on line and I feel in my soul that it is the true way that Jesus would have answered the question. Should Catholic priests be allowed to marry? Kim: Jesus, I understand the need for a true reform of the Catholic church, and I hope many Catholics heed your words about the need for reform. However, I would like to ask a few questions about the sexual abuse issue. For example, should Catholic priests be allowed to marry? Jesus: I am a spiritual teacher, and my concern is always for the spiritual growth of the individual soul. Spiritual growth means the resolution of false beliefs and emotional scars that prevent the soul from attaining wholeness, also called holiness. This i
I think this might reduce the number of child molesting priests, and create a more natural lifestyle for priests. NOTE: I am not catholic. A: Priests, religious brothers and religious sisters (nuns) ar not allowed to marry following: + The practices recommended by founder of christianity Paul of Tarsus, a notorious woman hater and young man lover; + Alleged historic examples of church property being lost through marriage. +++ Historical Steps +++ (590-604) Gregory I introduces celibacy edict to prevent property from passing from church to possible wives, families or mistresses of clergy. (590 CE) Approximately 6000 babies are found murdered in pond outside Gregory’s Lateran palace after celibacy edict is introduced by Gregory I. (655 CE): In an attempt to persuade priests to remain celibate, the 9th Council of Toledo ruled that all children of clerics were to be automatically enslaved. This ruling was later incorporated into the canon law of the church. (1089 CE) That the Synod of Melf
