5:09 I just want to say. I was raised Eastern-Orthodox, coming from Romania, an Orthodox country. Our priests are way more caught up with concerns about their spouse, their kids, and that brings along other concerns. You mentioned being in a lay prayer movement. Here you have to make an appointment to go to confession, because priests simply don't have time for you. The devotion Catholic priests bring to their church, is a blessing.
Thank you for this perspective from the other side. We only seem to get the Catholic perspective, and the liberals among us seem to find every nonsensical excuse to justify marriage of priests. Again, it's Catholics living in Protestant countries that are more sold on to the idea.
Thank u.. I find the married priest concept even an aberration.. if the priest marries then will he able to commit himself to the church completely?? Well, I have small children and let me tell u, they take away all of my spare time.. so, a married priest might find it really impossible to manage his priestly and family duties together..
My priests are not married and I still have to make an appointment. I am not distressed by that though, I think it's perfectly ok to make an appointment because even though they dont have families as they do lots of church and community work.
I understand the theology of the priest and nun being married to the church but that’s not really the reality. The church is Christ’s bride not the clergy’s bride. The celibacy discipline is still a holy act and it’s great but doesn’t mean that some who are ordained shouldn’t be allowed to marry if they so wish
i have a friend who married a priest and he was ashamed to tell all his friends at the retreat he lived at. but he did and guess what? they said its your life brother. god will judge and we all know he loves us. congrats
The Priests in the bible were married. In Luke 1:5-25 Zacharias was married to Elizabeth and had John who baptized Jesus. Jesus and John were cousins. There are many priest that are married in the bible. Who said that the priest can't get married today?
Jesus never wore trousers either. And he only lived about 33 years. As an itinerant preacher he probably couldn't afford to marry. For the first thousand years, parish priests were allowed to marry. After that the church had to find holy reasons for the celibacy requirement.
We have a priest Young Married to his wife on the third child. He's a Diocesan Catholic priest at St Rita's in Dallas Tx. We need to throw the doors wide open to men married to women. ( He was Episcopalian convert) Everyone loves him. Celibacy should be optional not a Force choice which keeps married men out of the priesthood. Also priests were allowed to marry for a long time before 1 Pope came along and just changed it right out of the blue
One CANNOT serve the Church and take care of a wife and family too. 1 Cor 7:8 - "To the unmarried and to widows I say: IT IS GOOD FOR THEM TO STAY AS THEY ARE, like me." 1 Cor 7:32-33 - "I should like you to HAVE YOUR MINDS FREE from all worry. THE UNMARRIED MAN GIVES HIS MIND TO THE LORD'S AFFAIRS AND TO HOW HE CAN PLEASE THE LORD; BUT THE MAN WHO IS MARRIED GIVES HIS MIND to the affairs of this world and TO HOW HE CAN PLEASE HIS WIFE, and he is DIVIDED IN HIS MIND." If you believe in the Bible, you cannot believe in married priests. As an authentic Catholic I would NEVER attend a mass where there is a married priest. ALL priests should be heterosexual, celibate virgins, and nothing else. That is what I was brought up to believe, and that is what I will believe until the day I die.
Hey guys, thanks for responding. I'll address both comments here. We too have a married priest in our diocese and I greatly appreciate his ministry. I am open, as well, to the possibility of married priests in the Catholic Church. As long as it's not just a reaction to scandal or a misunderstanding of the theology of celibacy. John, I think the history of celibacy in the Church and the priesthood is more complicated and rich that 1 pope changing it "out of the blue." As Daniel pointed out, Paul references celibacy. St. John was a celibate. It's a thing from the beginning. It is though not a necessity from the beginning. But Daniel, it is also true that it is a possibility and that the sacraments are valid when said by any ordained man, whether he be married or not. I think it would look more like what's in the Eastern Churches. Pastors and Bishops chosen from the celibate, because they more specifically image Christ as the bridegroom, and others filling in the gaps.
@@danielfortier2629 maybe you should start by researching what you were taught was not the case for the 1st 1000 years of the Holy Church. Like the fact married men could be priest and were priest. Now You being an authentic Catholic wouldn't take communion from a Married Priest who not a virgin well you would have to reject receiving Holy Communion from St Peter because St Peter was married with a wife and he had sex and some of the other apostles were believed to be married as well. Question: "Were any of the disciples married?" Answer: We know for certain that Peter was married because he had a mother-in-law (Matthew 8:14). The apostle Paul, who was not married, asked the Corinthians whether he also did not have the right to take a believing wife (1 Corinthians 9:5), as did “the other apostles and the Lord's brothers and Cephas [Peter].” From this, we can assume that Peter was not the only one to have a wife. There's nothing wrong with marriage God created it he highly spoke of it that's how we got Eve. I can also sling up Bible verses saying how great marriages is and that it mans choice. Also all Eastern Rite Catholic like Byzantine like Maronite like Orthodox Catholics married men can still become priests and have kids and wife and a dog and they still take care of their parishes quite well for 2000 years..... They been able to have marry men as priests since the beginning of the church history... 100% for married men to become priests we'll get a lot more heterosexuals priest that way .👪 💒 PS the whole church watched our married priest baptize his daughter using the ancient Rite a baptism it was beautiful it felt pretty authentic with God being there.
It's important to note, (I go to a Byzantine Catholic parish and the TLM), that a married man can become a priest. In the East, once you are a priest, you CANNOT get married. You have to be a married man and THEN you can become a priest. However, if you are a married priest, you cannot be raised to the episcopacy/bishopric. The Western tradition of celibacy should stay because it is a beautiful tradition. If it is that big of an issue, then I believe (I hold this view) that the Eastern Catholic Churches should expand. It would, 1. Allow for married men to become priests, 2. Demonstrate that the Catholic Church isn't merely the Roman Church, and 3. It could improve Roman Catholics spiritual life (they may find a greater connection to God in the Eastern rites).
Having a "girlfriend" is not scriptual. The goal should be toward marriage. There is a window of time for you to see if someone is compatible for you. Then you should either leave them or marry them.
I met a Catholic priest (I think that is what he said he was) who was married. Both he and his wife converted to Catholicism. However, even though the church let them stay married, because he is married, he can never become a bishop. The inability for advancement in the church though did not seem to bother him. He was very happy with his role in the church best I could tell.
I actually know 4 or 5 married priest (they were all in another religion that allowed them to be married) they all transitioned when the pope allowed them to, but they are not allowed to be a bishop, pope, etc.
I thought this priest was going to be Ukrainian or something. I saw the Icon in the background and I thought he was a married Eastern Catholic priest. In the Eastern Catholic Churches, the majority of our priests are married with children.
I thought so too. Western catholics can have married deacons, and there are some married priests from former anglicans (anglican ordinariate) but not that many.
Oh I thought you were going to say you were an Anglican priest that became a Catholic priest. We have 2 married Priests in our area. Both were at one point Anglican Priests. Both have children as a matter of fact they are father and son. Both were ordained Catholic priests at the same time. First time that has happened in over 900 years👍🏻
Eastern catholics have married priests too. And latin catholics (roman) its also allowed to have permanent deacons who are married. The rule though is you have to be married before becoming a priest, thats same for eatern catholics, anglican ordinariate catholics and permanent deacons. Once in the clergy (priest or deacon) you can no longer get married
At first I thought you were a Protestant priest, because they marry. But when you gave the analogy, you are married to the bride, which is the church, I got it! You're cute with your joke. God bless you and keep you!
Hi Fr. Brad, thanks for your vid, great content and presented by a lively priest great job. Could I ask what your thoughts are in regards to clergy returning to ministry? Should they be allowed, what are the pros and cons? Do you have any stats on returning clergy? Thanks and God bless your ministry your in our families prayers. Matthew
priests that can balance a family and church duties are the rare exception and not the norm. One of the key reasons against married priests is that many of them will always put their family before the church much like how some of those megachurch pastors end up using a lot of their "churches" money to buy their wife a new bugatti ect. It's human nature but that is how it is.
How does the church verify that someone is actually asexual and called to celibacy to avoid the rampant sexual scandals from people who were clearly not asexual? There has to be some kind of definitive fruit of that to make sure someone is not a charlatan.
Can you give father an explanation about dispensation for priest...after the dispensation, priest can get married since that an ordained priest is already a seal til he dies....am just confused about it....
So Christ was also perfect. It wouldn't have been right for him to have taken a wife of those who are meant to worship him. As a man I would have a hard time listening to another man on what a husband should be when he has no clue what it's like to be a husband. I'm not saying that I'm perfect in that, I mean I was divorced by the age of 23. But that being said I have always gotten the best advice about marriage from those who have been married and have seen hardships, yet worked through them. If a priest has never known this then all they can tell you is the little they do know, and what the bible says. Which the bible does have some great answers, however I have had a priest quote scripture to me that made no sense to me and he couldn't explain it any further because he couldn't relate to what I was going through. He told me that divorce wasn't a solution, which I already knew but it wasn't up to me. I lived in a no fault divorce state so no matter how hard I fought it, my ex was going to get it as long as she wanted it. So i didn't know what to do. Then I left the church even more confused. Granted I'm also not Catholic but I don't see how it could have made much of a difference considering the verse he quoted was in the protestant bible as well and I already knew the verse.
Its sad that the first pope peter could not even be priest and that what Paul said about the qualifications of being bishop being married pointless and it means nothing
You can not be married to the Church. WE are the Church. YOU are the Church. And, yes, we are the Bride and Christ is the Bridegroom. The Church is married to Christ. You can not marry yourself.
How do you know jesus wasnt married? I cant see how a loving relationship with another person, how fathering or mothering children makes you less qualified to speak the truth that jesus was trying to teach. Surely these experiences make you more qualified to understand the human condition.
The Catholic Church is involved in many false teachings. Priestly celibacy is one of those teachings. The Church knows that requiring single priests to remain unmarried is unscriptural. Consider the following Catholic references: 1. “We do not find in the New Testament any indication of celibacy being made compulsory either upon the Apostles or those whom they ordained.”-The Catholic Encyclopedia 2. “The oldest evidence of a law on priestly celibacy is Canon 33 of the Council of Elvira [Spain], circa 300 C.E.”-Dictionnaire de Théologie Catholique 3. “Celibacy of the clergy is nowhere demanded or even supposed in the NT [New Testament].” --Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Bible 4. In the preamble to this 1967 encyclical, Pope Paul VI admitted that “the New Testament, which preserves the teaching of Christ and the Apostles . . . does not demand celibacy of sacred ministers.” 5. “Ecclesiastical celibacy is not a dogma. The Scriptures do not impose it."--Pope John XXIII Many Catholics believe Jesus encouraged priestly celibacy. But did he? Absolutely not. Jesus was born under the Law of Moses which REQUIRED priests to be MARRIED MEN! As Lev. 21: 1, 7, 13, 14 says: "Yahweh said to Moses: 'Speak to the priests descended from Aaron and say: "They will not marry a woman profaned by prostitution, or one divorced by her husband, for the priest is consecrated to his God. He will marry a woman who is still a virgin. He will not marry a woman who has been widowed or divorced or profaned by prostitution, but will marry a virgin from his own people." So, if Jesus had told unmarried priests to remain celibate, he would have been encouraging them to break the Law.
You seem like a genuine person, and quite nice. I'm glad celibacy works for you. But I find it hard to stomach the history of the catholic priesthood. I do not understand why the priesthood is so rife with pedophilia. I hate to think its repressed homosexuality. My boyfriend is catholic, who gets upset anytime I bring up pedophilia in the church. Idk. I love god and god loves his children. Please do not hurt them
With respect Father, this is an extremely stupid traidition that you and I both know came about hundreds of years after Jesus! How can you even speak about marriage if you yourself have never been married? Jesus was a Jewish man that WAS OBLIGATED TO FOLLOW JEWISH TRADITION AND DID SO UNTIL HIS DEATH!( His death ceremony was even Orthodox Jewish) If you want to argue Theology and Judaism to contradict my point then get ready; I considered seminary as well
then you disobey a Catholic teaching. ROC, just like the Orthodox, accepts that a married man can be ordained as priest - it just chooses not to in vast majority of cases.
5:09 I just want to say. I was raised Eastern-Orthodox, coming from Romania, an Orthodox country. Our priests are way more caught up with concerns about their spouse, their kids, and that brings along other concerns. You mentioned being in a lay prayer movement. Here you have to make an appointment to go to confession, because priests simply don't have time for you. The devotion Catholic priests bring to their church, is a blessing.
Thank you for this perspective from the other side. We only seem to get the Catholic perspective, and the liberals among us seem to find every nonsensical excuse to justify marriage of priests. Again, it's Catholics living in Protestant countries that are more sold on to the idea.
Thank u.. I find the married priest concept even an aberration.. if the priest marries then will he able to commit himself to the church completely?? Well, I have small children and let me tell u, they take away all of my spare time.. so, a married priest might find it really impossible to manage his priestly and family duties together..
My priests are not married and I still have to make an appointment. I am not distressed by that though, I think it's perfectly ok to make an appointment because even though they dont have families as they do lots of church and community work.
I’d also point out a married priest bring a valuable perspective on marriage, parenting, and being a caretaker.
Let us pray for our catholic priests.
Oh I totally fell for the clickbait, but it was worth it. Great video, thanks Father!
Catholic priests , bishops and popes where married up until the 12 century because one pope decided to change the rules .
Not really.
By the 5th century, the trend was Preist celibacy
5th or 12th. What’s the difference
@@mathewjose4753 but not in the apostolic age
My high school crush is a priest… wished if he felt the same about me 😭🙏🏾
Thank God you said you were married to the church. Thank you for making this video, Father!
I understand the theology of the priest and nun being married to the church but that’s not really the reality. The church is Christ’s bride not the clergy’s bride. The celibacy discipline is still a holy act and it’s great but doesn’t mean that some who are ordained shouldn’t be allowed to marry if they so wish
i have a friend who married a priest and he was ashamed to tell all his friends at the retreat he lived at. but he did and guess what? they said its your life brother. god will judge and we all know he loves us. congrats
fyi the friend was the woman he married
Phew, I got worried when I read the title, lol
You against priests being happy?
Why are you so worried? LOL.
Orthodox priests can get married and also Ukrainian Catholics can do.
Awesomeness!!!! Thanks for this post Fr. Brad... & more POWER & BLESSINGS to you!!!!
Eastern catholic priests are married...
You shock the people man!!! A good video Fr, God bless you 🙏
The Priests in the bible were married. In Luke 1:5-25 Zacharias was married to Elizabeth and had John who baptized Jesus. Jesus and John were cousins. There are many priest that are married in the bible. Who said that the priest can't get married today?
Clickbait worked! So relieved though to find out that this wasn't a "let's bash the teachings of the faith", Thanks Be To God! Will pray for u Fr!
It's not a teaching of the faith. It's a discipline, not dogma.
Keep praying for our priests 🙏🙏🙏🙏
You got me Father!! I thought you looked a little young to have transferred over from the Anglicans etc. with a wife.....you are a funny guy!!
Jesus never wore trousers either. And he only lived about 33 years. As an itinerant preacher he probably couldn't afford to marry. For the first thousand years, parish priests were allowed to marry. After that the church had to find holy reasons for the celibacy requirement.
I knew it was "clickbait" because I didn't see a ring in the thumbnail lol. But I watched anyway cause God said I needed to.
God bless you father for answering the call of God.
We have a priest Young Married to his wife on the third child. He's a Diocesan Catholic priest at St Rita's in Dallas Tx. We need to throw the doors wide open to men married to women. ( He was Episcopalian convert) Everyone loves him. Celibacy should be optional not a Force choice which keeps married men out of the priesthood. Also priests were allowed to marry for a long time before 1 Pope came along and just changed it right out of the blue
One CANNOT serve the Church and take care of a wife and family too.
1 Cor 7:8 - "To the unmarried and to widows I say: IT IS GOOD FOR THEM TO STAY AS THEY ARE, like me."
1 Cor 7:32-33 - "I should like you to HAVE YOUR MINDS FREE from all worry. THE UNMARRIED MAN GIVES HIS MIND TO THE LORD'S AFFAIRS AND TO HOW HE CAN PLEASE THE LORD; BUT THE MAN WHO IS MARRIED GIVES HIS MIND to the affairs of this world and TO HOW HE CAN PLEASE HIS WIFE, and he is DIVIDED IN HIS MIND."
If you believe in the Bible, you cannot believe in married priests.
As an authentic Catholic I would NEVER attend a mass where there is a married priest. ALL priests should be heterosexual, celibate virgins, and nothing else. That is what I was brought up to believe, and that is what I will believe until the day I die.
Hey guys, thanks for responding. I'll address both comments here. We too have a married priest in our diocese and I greatly appreciate his ministry. I am open, as well, to the possibility of married priests in the Catholic Church. As long as it's not just a reaction to scandal or a misunderstanding of the theology of celibacy. John, I think the history of celibacy in the Church and the priesthood is more complicated and rich that 1 pope changing it "out of the blue." As Daniel pointed out, Paul references celibacy. St. John was a celibate. It's a thing from the beginning. It is though not a necessity from the beginning. But Daniel, it is also true that it is a possibility and that the sacraments are valid when said by any ordained man, whether he be married or not. I think it would look more like what's in the Eastern Churches. Pastors and Bishops chosen from the celibate, because they more specifically image Christ as the bridegroom, and others filling in the gaps.
@@danielfortier2629 maybe you should start by researching what you were taught was not the case for the 1st 1000 years of the Holy Church. Like the fact married men could be priest and were priest.
Now You being an authentic Catholic wouldn't take communion from a Married Priest who not a virgin well you would have to reject receiving Holy Communion from St Peter because St Peter was married with a wife and he had sex and some of the other apostles were believed to be married as well.
Question: "Were any of the disciples married?"
Answer: We know for certain that Peter was married because he had a mother-in-law (Matthew 8:14). The apostle Paul, who was not married, asked the Corinthians whether he also did not have the right to take a believing wife (1 Corinthians 9:5), as did “the other apostles and the Lord's brothers and Cephas [Peter].” From this, we can assume that Peter was not the only one to have a wife.
There's nothing wrong with marriage God created it he highly spoke of it that's how we got Eve. I can also sling up Bible verses saying how great marriages is and that it mans choice. Also all Eastern Rite Catholic like Byzantine like Maronite like Orthodox Catholics married men can still become priests and have kids and wife and a dog and they still take care of their parishes quite well for 2000 years..... They been able to have marry men as priests since the beginning of the church history...
100% for married men to become priests we'll get a lot more heterosexuals priest that way .👪 💒 PS the whole church watched our married priest baptize his daughter using the ancient Rite a baptism it was beautiful it felt pretty authentic with God being there.
Praying for all priests. Thanks for the truth express
about priestly vocation. God bless.
Eastern Catholics are allowed to marry there is zero reason why priests can't marry in the west it's ridiculous.
It's important to note, (I go to a Byzantine Catholic parish and the TLM), that a married man can become a priest. In the East, once you are a priest, you CANNOT get married. You have to be a married man and THEN you can become a priest. However, if you are a married priest, you cannot be raised to the episcopacy/bishopric. The Western tradition of celibacy should stay because it is a beautiful tradition. If it is that big of an issue, then I believe (I hold this view) that the Eastern Catholic Churches should expand. It would, 1. Allow for married men to become priests, 2. Demonstrate that the Catholic Church isn't merely the Roman Church, and 3. It could improve Roman Catholics spiritual life (they may find a greater connection to God in the Eastern rites).
God bless you ❤️🙏🏽
Golden video
Pray for our priests... the enemy is bent on making them fall, so we the lay people are left shepherd-less.
Father what if some priest wants to have a girlfriend? Why shouldn't he have the right to be happy? Why would God not want him to be happy?
Having a "girlfriend" is not scriptual. The goal should be toward marriage. There is a window of time for you to see if someone is compatible for you. Then you should either leave them or marry them.
You had me lol God Bless you Father 😁
I met a Catholic priest (I think that is what he said he was) who was married. Both he and his wife converted to Catholicism.
However, even though the church let them stay married, because he is married, he can never become a bishop.
The inability for advancement in the church though did not seem to bother him. He was very happy with his role in the church best I could tell.
Thank you thank you very much. Yes may the Holy Spirit strengthen n protect you alwsys and in All ways 🙏💖
I actually know 4 or 5 married priest (they were all in another religion that allowed them to be married) they all transitioned when the pope allowed them to, but they are not allowed to be a bishop, pope, etc.
I thought this priest was going to be Ukrainian or something. I saw the Icon in the background and I thought he was a married Eastern Catholic priest. In the Eastern Catholic Churches, the majority of our priests are married with children.
I thought so too. Western catholics can have married deacons, and there are some married priests from former anglicans (anglican ordinariate) but not that many.
Oh I thought you were going to say you were an Anglican priest that became a Catholic priest. We have 2 married Priests in our area. Both were at one point Anglican Priests. Both have children as a matter of fact they are father and son. Both were ordained Catholic priests at the same time. First time that has happened in over 900 years👍🏻
Eastern catholics have married priests too. And latin catholics (roman) its also allowed to have permanent deacons who are married. The rule though is you have to be married before becoming a priest, thats same for eatern catholics, anglican ordinariate catholics and permanent deacons. Once in the clergy (priest or deacon) you can no longer get married
My goodness, for a second i thought you had a wound on your hand!!!!! Thanks for talking to us Father..Love from India
Praise the Lord fr
At first I thought you were a Protestant priest, because they marry.
But when you gave the analogy, you are married to the bride, which is the church, I got it!
You're cute with your joke.
God bless you and keep you!
St Paul recommends celibacy. St James recommends marriage. I take St James side. But I don't require either as mandatory.
If I could react with a laugh emoticon like on facebook, I would. But I can't so cheers Father (invisible coffee in hand--I'm imaginative). 😂
Waow father, you really caught me there! And you were right, Jesus was present aswell ❤ Like if you love jesus!
The bible ie the word of god actually says if you are a leader of the church you must be married ok
Christians also marry the church but Jesus still allow for marriage with an individual
Amen
Hi Fr. Brad, thanks for your vid, great content and presented by a lively priest great job. Could I ask what your thoughts are in regards to clergy returning to ministry? Should they be allowed, what are the pros and cons? Do you have any stats on returning clergy? Thanks and God bless your ministry your in our families prayers. Matthew
Omg another adorable priest.
God bless you Father 🙏
Let priests marry AGAIN!
priests that can balance a family and church duties are the rare exception and not the norm. One of the key reasons against married priests is that many of them will always put their family before the church much like how some of those megachurch pastors end up using a lot of their "churches" money to buy their wife a new bugatti ect. It's human nature but that is how it is.
Please which scripture teaches that priests are married to the church??
You're not Jesus to marry the church We're the church, God made a helper to Adam.
Hey Father Brad...I love coffee!
How does the church verify that someone is actually asexual and called to celibacy to avoid the rampant sexual scandals from people who were clearly not asexual? There has to be some kind of definitive fruit of that to make sure someone is not a charlatan.
Let us pray for all faithful priests who dedicate themselves to their people with generosity and unknown sacrifices
best kind of click bait lol!
💖💖💖
The explanation does not make sense
Can you give father an explanation about dispensation for priest...after the dispensation, priest can get married since that an ordained priest is already a seal til he dies....am just confused about it....
Priests can be married f it was before being ordained
A practice? Not complete as a preist?
So Christ was also perfect. It wouldn't have been right for him to have taken a wife of those who are meant to worship him. As a man I would have a hard time listening to another man on what a husband should be when he has no clue what it's like to be a husband. I'm not saying that I'm perfect in that, I mean I was divorced by the age of 23. But that being said I have always gotten the best advice about marriage from those who have been married and have seen hardships, yet worked through them. If a priest has never known this then all they can tell you is the little they do know, and what the bible says. Which the bible does have some great answers, however I have had a priest quote scripture to me that made no sense to me and he couldn't explain it any further because he couldn't relate to what I was going through. He told me that divorce wasn't a solution, which I already knew but it wasn't up to me. I lived in a no fault divorce state so no matter how hard I fought it, my ex was going to get it as long as she wanted it. So i didn't know what to do. Then I left the church even more confused. Granted I'm also not Catholic but I don't see how it could have made much of a difference considering the verse he quoted was in the protestant bible as well and I already knew the verse.
Remember thy 3 EVANGELICAL COUNCILS...(CHASTITY,POVERTY & OBEDIENCE)
CHASTITY be with YOU!!!
How many times have you insulted a demon :)
All of the apostles but one were married. 😉
Its sad that the first pope peter could not even be priest and that what Paul said about the qualifications of being bishop being married pointless and it means nothing
In the new testament Jesus Christ is the only high priest that is talked about.
Sir, a lie is a lie.
Which rites do you belong?
Yeah i almost burst into anger
It makes me angry too. Let them marry.
You can not be married to the Church. WE are the Church. YOU are the Church. And, yes, we are the Bride and Christ is the Bridegroom. The Church is married to Christ. You can not marry yourself.
Is the Pope aware of you?
How do you know jesus wasnt married? I cant see how a loving relationship with another person, how fathering or mothering children makes you less qualified to speak the truth that jesus was trying to teach. Surely these experiences make you more qualified to understand the human condition.
God bless you father!
Click bait
This is healthy for your church.
The Catholic Church is involved in many false teachings. Priestly celibacy is one of those teachings. The Church knows that requiring single priests to remain unmarried is unscriptural. Consider the following Catholic references:
1. “We do not find in the New Testament any indication of celibacy being made compulsory either upon the Apostles or those whom they ordained.”-The Catholic Encyclopedia
2. “The oldest evidence of a law on priestly celibacy is Canon 33 of the Council of Elvira [Spain], circa 300 C.E.”-Dictionnaire de Théologie Catholique
3. “Celibacy of the clergy is nowhere demanded or even supposed in the NT [New Testament].” --Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Bible
4. In the preamble to this 1967 encyclical, Pope Paul VI admitted that “the New Testament, which preserves the teaching of Christ and the Apostles . . . does not demand celibacy of sacred ministers.”
5. “Ecclesiastical celibacy is not a dogma. The Scriptures do not impose it."--Pope John XXIII
Many Catholics believe Jesus encouraged priestly celibacy. But did he? Absolutely not. Jesus was born under the Law of Moses which REQUIRED priests to be MARRIED MEN! As Lev. 21: 1, 7, 13, 14 says: "Yahweh said to Moses: 'Speak to the priests descended from Aaron and say: "They will not marry a woman profaned by prostitution, or one divorced by her husband, for the priest is consecrated to his God. He will marry a woman who is still a virgin. He will not marry a woman who has been widowed or divorced or profaned by prostitution, but will marry a virgin from his own people."
So, if Jesus had told unmarried priests to remain celibate, he would have been encouraging them to break the Law.
did He break the law, Himself?
I'm Eastern Orthodox, our priests are married, but boy, is your screed misguided!
Repent your clickbait!
Hahaha clickbait master
Sad
You seem like a genuine person, and quite nice. I'm glad celibacy works for you. But I find it hard to stomach the history of the catholic priesthood. I do not understand why the priesthood is so rife with pedophilia. I hate to think its repressed homosexuality. My boyfriend is catholic, who gets upset anytime I bring up pedophilia in the church. Idk. I love god and god loves his children. Please do not hurt them
With respect Father, this is an extremely stupid traidition that you and I both know came about hundreds of years after Jesus! How can you even speak about marriage if you yourself have never been married? Jesus was a Jewish man that WAS OBLIGATED TO FOLLOW JEWISH TRADITION AND DID SO UNTIL HIS DEATH!( His death ceremony was even Orthodox Jewish) If you want to argue Theology and Judaism to contradict my point then get ready; I considered seminary as well
Then your not a priest.
You are not father. I don't consider married persons as priest. 😑😑😑
then you disobey a Catholic teaching. ROC, just like the Orthodox, accepts that a married man can be ordained as priest - it just chooses not to in vast majority of cases.
Someone didn’t watch the video.
Priests in the OT were married long before the Bible was put together. In the new testament Jesus Christ is the only high priest that is talked about.