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MARRIED PRIESTHOOD GOOD OR BAD?
February 8, 2008 - 07:53 AM
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Excommunicated archbishop urges married priesthood.African Archbishop Emmanuel Milingo took his campaign for married priesthood to the pope's back yard at a raucous book presentation where supports cheered him and critics shouted him down. Milingo, dressed in the same catholic clerical robes he wore when he was a vatican official, sat with his demure Korean wife maria sung as he spoke in a Rome book store about a new book he co-authored called Confessions of an Excommunicated Man.
We are claiming our right we are priests forever and we are members of the catholic chruch, Milingo said, raising his voice at times when he was contested. He ordained four married priests now.
In 1990, he made it open to push for a married priesthood. He says that only by allowing a married priesthood can the church deal with the shortage of priests. Accordingto some estimates there are at least 150,000 men who left the priesthood to marry and many want to return to active clergy. Priests were permitted to marry during the first millennium of the church's history, before the celibacy rule was adopted at the start of the second milliennium.
In 2001, former archbishop of Lusaka, Zambia, stunned the vatican when he disappeared and showed up in new york.There , he married Sung, a 43 year old Korean woman.I am sure that Holy father can do much more to clarify the issue of celibacy Milingo said. The church from the start was the church of married apostles, Milingo said.Christ did not tell the apostles who were married to leave their wives, he said to the applause in central Rome.
Say your view about this Good or bad for married priesthood.?
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Re: MARRIED PRIESTHOOD GOOD OR BAD?
February 8, 2008 - 04:42 PM
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I actually believe that priests should not be compelled to remain celibates. There is nothing in the Bible that prevents priests from marrying. In fact, it would not only help ailing parishes that lack priests, it may help address the problem of homosexuality and paedophilia iin the church. Many of these priests have more sex than married people anyway, so why not make it public.
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Re: MARRIED PRIESTHOOD GOOD OR BAD?
February 8, 2008 - 06:50 PM
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pedusc wrote:
I actually believe that priests should not be compelled to remain celibates. There is nothing in the Bible that prevents priests from marrying. In fact, it would not only help ailing parishes that lack priests, it may help address the problem of homosexuality and paedophilia iin the church. Many of these priests have more sex than married people anyway, so why not make it public.
i am sorry but this is ridiculous. As a catholic, i know i cant be a priest because i just can NOT make the sacrifice needed to be a priest.
As a catholic priest you need to sacrifice for the Lord, either you make that commitment or you dont, its that simple.
I would rather have one good priest than 100 bad ones.
They should just make a new designation as ALTAR ASSISTANTS rather than priest. This way, the assistants dont get the respect as a full priest and are then LESS likely to abuse the higher positions.
PS. Priesthood is a lifelong devotion (cf Mother Teresa) as opposed to vocation like the American Evangelists.
This post was edited on: 2008-02-09 at 11:58 PM by: Expat1970
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Re: MARRIED PRIESTHOOD GOOD OR BAD?
February 9, 2008 - 12:41 PM
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This thread is being moved to "Culture and Identity Board" .
Regards
Shweta
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Re: MARRIED PRIESTHOOD GOOD OR BAD?
February 10, 2008 - 04:25 AM
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Personally I feel that married clerics do a better job than an unmarried clerics. They experience the family issues firsthand, so they are able to understand and meet the needs of the society better.
It is also with much delicacy and respect that I must note that as humankind, we have needs both physical and spiritual. In that regard as you have seen in many cases of 'dissapearing' priests who left the priesthood to marry, paedophilia, and even gay people (recently accepted I believe) in the Christian churches.
Either way, it is up to the Vatican to decide I suppose. Impo though, why deny yourselves happiness while you may also be close to God?
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Re: MARRIED PRIESTHOOD GOOD OR BAD?
February 10, 2008 - 08:51 AM
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priests are not marital counsellors LOL
priests are not about the body, ONLY the SOUL: thats their job ! or more appropriately their devotion.
If priests cannot have that self control they really shouldnt be priests and should go find a real job !
thats their main purpose, SELF CONTROL ! and clarity. If they can have that, forget about leading the flock.
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Re: MARRIED PRIESTHOOD GOOD OR BAD?
July 19, 2008 - 11:49 AM
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Why can't they allow prist to get marry? POPE has apologised on behalf of prist who was abusing little girls sexually. This ia a serious problem things has to be done about it. It good for them to marry, so that they will not be abusing people sexually.
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Re: MARRIED PRIESTHOOD GOOD OR BAD?
September 6, 2008 - 12:49 PM
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Hey hey what are U guys taking about. Pls let priest be getting married. Getting married will make them not to commiite sin anymore. As i'm writing this mail now. 19 years old girl who is till in college is carring 4 months baby of a priest. The priest confess he is the one responsible the baby that he want to get married and have a family of his own. So who says priest should not married? we should give them a chance, if this happend they will not be messing up little girls. Some of them are gays due to inablitiy to have any thing to do we females.
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Re: MARRIED PRIESTHOOD GOOD OR BAD?
September 15, 2008 - 04:54 PM
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Hello. Firstly I would like to know where does the rules of the priesthood come from?? Is there any verse in the Holy Bible that defines that priests can not mary? Or is it a tradition that comes from Roman Church??
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Re: MARRIED PRIESTHOOD GOOD OR BAD?
September 24, 2008 - 10:20 PM
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I think it depends on the individual. But overall, I think priests can get married if they want to. I think it helps them more than harm them.
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Re: MARRIED PRIESTHOOD GOOD OR BAD?
September 25, 2008 - 09:55 PM
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I agree. Priests do not lightly abstain from sex! It's a sacrfice that they make for the Lord Jesus. they 'marry' the Church as their bride so that they can be committed 100% to the task at hand- saving souls.
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Re: MARRIED PRIESTHOOD GOOD OR BAD?
September 25, 2008 - 09:58 PM
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A nineteen year old WOMAN is not a 'little girl'. I agree this priest should be laisized, but this is not pedophilia- this is the type of fallicy which attacks the Church with no base whatsoever- shame.
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Re: MARRIED PRIESTHOOD GOOD OR BAD?
September 27, 2008 - 07:29 AM
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I really agreed with U. They should allow them to get married. It will go a long way to help them from harm and sin.
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