Zone1 Should the Catholic Church allow married priests?

[Zebra]

One guess

which guess?

 

[Hector12]

The insistence on priestly celibacy reduces the number of Roman Catholic men who enter the priesthood. If a bishop has problems with a pedophile priest he has difficulty replacing him, so he keeps trying to give him more chances.

I am an Episcopalian. The number of men who graduate from Episcopal seminaries is much larger than the available Episcopal parishes. If an Episcopal bishop has problems with a pedophile priest the bishop can easily defrock the priest, have him arrested, and replace him from a stack of resumes.

 

[Zebra]

The insistence on priestly celibacy reduces the number of Roman Catholic men who enter the priesthood. If a bishop has problems with a pedophile priest he has difficulty replacing him, so he keeps trying to give him more chances.

I am an Episcopalian. The number of men who graduate from Episcopal seminaries is much larger than the available Episcopal parishes. If an Episcopal bishop has problems with a pedophile priest the bishop can easily defrock the priest, have him arrested, and replace him from a stack of resumes.

i fear Leo is not going to change that

 

[Zebra]

Cannon 33 around AD 300 was the first to mention celibacy from their wives.

a contradiction in terms
celibacy means .... no wives ...

 

[Zebra]

Paul said .... a bishop should be a man of one woman ... not more

 

[Zebra]

a rabbi usually has a wife

 

[TNHarley]

a contradiction in terms
celibacy means .... no wives ...

That was also 2k years ago. Aaaand, were they going to make people divorce over their laws? No.

 

[Zebra]

now 15 of 20 say ..... yes

 

[Mac-7]

Jesus never said otherwise.
And until about the year 1100 married priests were the norm.

The best answer to that is that I’m not Catholic and its not gor me to say

 

[The Irish Ram]

Genesis 2:18 Then the Lord God said, 'It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him.

 

[OhPleaseJustQuit]

Genesis 2:18 Then the Lord God said, 'It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him.

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If our priest had kids and grandkids to be seeing to, he would be even more busy than he is now, seeing to his spiritual children.

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[Woodznutz]

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If our priest had kids and grandkids to be seeing to, he would be even more busy than he is now, seeing to his spiritual children.

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That assumes that a married priest would be like many other fathers, waiting on their kids long after their kids should be waiting on them.

Marriage and family bring the realities of mortal life into sharper focus than can ever be achieved by an unmarried person.

Also, a married priest doesn't have the worries of providing for a family as the church is quite generous in that respect.

Pedophilia would cease to be the problem that it has been for centuries.

 

[0311]

now 15 of 20 say ..... yes

They already have married priests. A married man who take up the Roman Collar remains married after he is ordained.

 

[pinqy]

They already have married priests. A married man who take up the Roman Collar remains married after he is ordained.

True, but that only applies to converts who were already ordained in one of the Eastern Catholic rites, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, Anglican, Presbyterian, or Lutheran churches. I haven't double checked so I might not be completely correct, but I know that the ordination of married men in the Latin Rite is limited to converts who were already ordained in a closely related church.

 

[0311]

True, but that only applies to converts who were already ordained in one of the Eastern Catholic rites, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, Anglican, Presbyterian, or Lutheran churches. I haven't double checked so I might not be completely correct, but I know that the ordination of married men in the Latin Rite is limited to converts who were already ordained in a closely related church.

It also applies to Catholic Men who are married and take the Roman Collar, I know this because a Woman I've known for five years married Catholic and after two years of marriage he became Jesuit Priest. They live in San Diego and have three kids.

 

[Zebra]

celibacy for Catholic priests became compulsary not before the year 1139, and mostly for financial reasons.

So before 1139, was the Church wrong then?

 

[Zebra]

They already have married priests. A married man who take up the Roman Collar remains married after he is ordained.

why not for all, then?

 

[DennisPTate]

Jesus never said otherwise.
And until about the year 1100 married priests were the norm.

Exactly and even Cephas - Peter had a mother in law which means that he was definitely married.

 

[Zebra]

Exactly and even Cephas - Peter had a mother in law which means that he was definitely married.

yes, a married Pope!

 

[excalibur]

Yes they should. Maybe then they will quit ******* kids.

Plenty of married Anglicans who do that.