Comments on: Why Can’t Catholic Priests Get Married?

By: virginia virtual office

virginia virtual office — Thu, 02 May 2013 17:26:43 +0000

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By: bfhu

bfhu — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 18:29:53 +0000

All Catholics have a choice to get married or to go into the priesthood and be celibate. All of those verses applay to those who have a vocation to marriage. But those verses do not mean that everyone MUST get married. Men who choose to become priests and live a life of celibacy for the Kingdom of God sacrifice the goods of married life and children. As Jesus said:

Matthew 19:12 For there are eunuchs who were born that way from their mother’s womb; and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men; and there are also eunuchs who made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. He who is able to accept this, let him accept it.”

By: Suresh Joseph

Suresh Joseph — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 14:39:16 +0000

For more than two decades, the Catholic church has grappled with a series of clergy sexual abuse scandals and lawsuits. Why can’t Catholic priests get married ?… There is no Biblical mandate that Priests are to be celibateIn fact, we know apostolate peter was married, he was already married before being called by Jesus Christ. Holy Bible says… “It is not good for the man to be alone; I will make him a helper suitable for him”. (Genesis 2:18 – 24).”It is good for a man not to touch a woman. Nevertheless to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.” (1st Corinthians 7:1-2). So nuns and priests should be allowed to get married insted of making issues.. http://sureshjoseph2009.blogspot.com/#!/2012/04/wolves-in-sheeps-clothing.html

By: bfhu

bfhu — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 02:39:23 +0000

Agreed Howard. But the Church does not forbid marriage. Any man is welcome to marry a woman if there is no impediment. We also have married priests but in the Latin rite we only ordain men who:

Matthew 19:12... and there are also eunuchs who made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. He who is able to accept this, let him accept it.”

By: howard

howard — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 20:11:16 +0000

What % of Catholic priests and other officer holders in the church that committed sex offenses against boys were/are gay?

By: howard

howard — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 20:05:51 +0000

The church does NOT have a right to forbid marriage or ‘meats,etc.’ Inspired Paul told Timothy “Now the Spirit speaks expressly that in the latte times some shall depart from the faith giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons… FORBIDDING to marry and commanding to ABSTAIN from meats… which God created to be received by those who believe and KNOW the TRUTH…”lTim.3:1-5

By: suchmaschinen

suchmaschinen — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 18:06:36 +0000

This page definitely has all the information I wanted about this subject and didn’t know who to ask.

By: peacebwy

peacebwy — Sat, 19 May 2012 06:48:22 +0000

I attend Mass every week, we learn from our Parish Priest about the life of Christ and hear about ways to live a Catholic life. We are encouraged to show love to all in our daily life. When we fail, we should examine our conscience and try again.
Sin, occurs in all walks of life, the Priesthood included, this is a sad fact. Crimes should always be dealt with in Law.

I Love my Catholic faith and wish to learn about other faiths. There is good all around us.
May God bless everyone who uses this site.

By: bfhu

bfhu — Sun, 06 May 2012 21:04:51 +0000

Thank you for your comment but there is no evidence that Jesus was married.

By: Pesty

Pesty — Wed, 02 May 2012 20:14:15 +0000

There is absolutely no evidence that Jesus was celibate. A Jewish man such as Jesus, living when he did, most likely had a wife.

By: Sylvester Sunday

Sylvester Sunday — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 10:20:13 +0000

May God bless Catholic Church. I am happy to know this.

By: GOD'S CHILD

GOD'S CHILD — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 02:53:18 +0000

AND YET WITH ALL THAT SCRIPTURE THERE IS STILL GREED AND EVIL IN THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH. IT IS SAD TO SEE THAT GOD’S POINT IS BEING OVERLOOKED. IT HAS BECOME SOMETHING OUT OF THIS WORLD, AS A GOD FEARING CHILD I CANNOT FOR THE LIFE OF ME SEE GOD HAPPY WITH HOW THINGS ARE BEING DONE IN HIS HOUSE BY HIS CHILDREN. THE YEALY COST TO SUPPORT THE POPE CAN FEED 3 STARVING COUNTRIES, THAT IS A SHAME AND I KNOW IT MAKES MY LOVING AND FORGIVING GOD CRY. I WAS RAISED IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH AND LISTENED TO A PEDOPHILE PRIEST PREACH THE WORD OF GOD. AND YES NOT ALL PRIEST PEDOPHILE BUT THERE THERE ARE MORE THAN MOST THINK BECAUSE REALITY IS WE WERE MADE TO PROCREATE AND CELIBACY IS NOT SOMETHING MOST CAN DO AND BE SANE WHICH IS WHY IT WAS MEANT TO BE A CHOICE NOT A REQUIREMENT TO BE A PRIEST. VATICAN CITY LOVES THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL WHICH IS MONEY AND THAT IS NOT GOD’S WAY. PRAY, HAVE A SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD, HAVE HIM IN YOUR HEART ALWAYS AND DON’T LEAVE IT UP TO THE CHURCH.

ALL THESE COMPLICATED RULES AND DENOMINATIONS. THAT IS NOT WHAT GOD IS ABOUT. WHEN JESUS WAS GOING FROM PLACE TO PLACE TALKING ABOUT HIS FATHER AND AFTER HIS COME BACK THERE WERE NO DENOMINATIONS AND IT WAS THE SAME GOD THEN AS WE HAVE NOW. GOD WANTS US TO JUST SIMPLY SPEAK HIS WORD AND HE WILL DO THE REST. C’MON PEOPLE, WE WANT TO ENTER HIS KINGDOM NOT BE STUCK BETWEEN A ROCK AND A CRAZY PLACE WHERE IS IS NOT.

THAT IS VERY INACCURATE, THAT ILLNESS IS AN EQUAL OPPRTUNIST!

BE EVER SO BLESSED BY HIS GRACE…

By: bfhu

bfhu — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 14:10:14 +0000

Matthew 19:12

For there are eunuchs, that were so born from their mother's womb: and there are eunuchs, that were made eunuchs by men: and there are eunuchs, that made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven's sake. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it.

By: bfhu

bfhu — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 14:08:29 +0000

Matthew 19:12

For there are eunuchs, that were so born from their mother's womb: and there are eunuchs, that were made eunuchs by men: and there are eunuchs, that made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven's sake. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it.

By: Heyder

Heyder — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 05:37:38 +0000

Genesis 2:18 – 24
Then the LORD God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone; I will make him a helper suitable for him.”

By: Heyder

Heyder — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 05:35:56 +0000

Genesis 2:18 – 24
18) Then the LORD God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone; I will make him a helper suitable for him.”

By: bfhu

bfhu — Wed, 25 May 2011 01:52:17 +0000

Margaret,
It is an urban legend that marriage prevent child molestation. Most children who are molested are molested by married men and occasionally married women. If no child were ever sexually abused by a married person you might have a point. But since most molesters are married would you say that marriage should be banned?

By: margaret

margaret — Tue, 24 May 2011 13:27:49 +0000

I think the Catholic Priest should be able to marry. It will stop the molestation of these young boys within the Catholic Church. After all Priest are only human. I don’t see any reason why they cannot marry, before ordination or after.

By: bfhu

bfhu — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 12:55:54 +0000

Priestly celibacy is a discipline of the Church. Priests DO have the option of marriage before they are ordained. The Church does not force them to become a priest and forgo marriage.

True there are married priests in the Catholic Church. These are former Protestants who were ministers in their denomination and converted to Catholicism. But this takes a special permission of the Pope. And, there are Eastern Catholic Church that both married and celibate priests. This discipline could change but I doubt if it will. The disadvantages far outweigh the advantages you think there might be with marriage counseling. Divorces, child support, divided attention between parish and family. Ask any Protestant minister who Married. Not easy. In just practicalities the disadvantages outweigh the advantage of marriage counseling. Do you not pray and trust the Holy Spirit to help your priest counsel marriages?

Peace Be With You, Pam Forrester bfhu.wordpress.com

By: Lesego

Lesego — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:57:01 +0000

I think the catholic church priest should be given an option if they want to marry or not. As an african women family is very important and this will help all priest to apply marriage counselling practical as they will be practising it. So this law must be relooked as there are some priest who are married already in the church

By: Morse

Morse — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 10:39:56 +0000

Of Interest;

A book entitled ‘The Naked Parish Priest’ the book was is the result of of doctrinal research of a R.C academic and Anglican chaplain; whereby over 3518 Roman priests where questioned / surveyed (British) both Secular and regular priest. 63 returned undeliverable – response of 1482 – thus 41.1% answered. (NB: for academic research is is/was high)

Points of discussion:
91% felt married Roman priests should be allowed to marry (note Anglican priest being admitted to Roman orders)
51% celibacy should remain.
81% said salvation can also be found outside the Roman church.

Thought this would be of interest – wonder how this would differ in the U.S – doctrinal research anyone?

Best regards,
M.

By: bfhu

bfhu — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 06:11:04 +0000

dmp,

Thanks for your opinion. How would you prove your unsupported assertion? I think you have been misled by some pretty virulent anti-Catholic calumny.

By: dmp

dmp — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 01:46:13 +0000

That is all bull. The Church did not want to share the wealth with families. nor support a wife and children.

By: bfhu

bfhu — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 14:15:25 +0000

Peter was the first leader of the Church founded by Jesus Christ. It was called the Catholic Church by 107 AD as shown by a letter written by St. Ignatius shortly before his martyrdom.

People can say anything on sites of the internet. That does not make them true. The Catholic Church is a hospital for sinners. So, there always have been and always will be Catholics who sin, are shady, or scandalous. The Church herself and the Faith of the Apostles is pure.

If you don’t think the Bible was ever mentioned in the Catholic Church then you did not receive a very good instruction in your faith by parents or teachers or else as a young child it just did not register. The Catholic Mass has more scripture than any Protestant service. And the scripture is read at every mass every day in every Catholic Church around the world. In three years one will hear almost all of scripture just by going to mass on Sunday.

By: bfhu

bfhu — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 14:03:29 +0000

The Church where you heard that was propagating pure lies. Celibacy has been practiced by Catholic priests since the beginning. St. Paul 1 Cor. 7:7 At the beginning of Christianity priest were often ordained after they had married. But as time went on celibacy became a way to weed out those who's commitment was of a lower level and a way of more closely imitating Christ, who was never married. Please see this Celibacy in the Early Church

By: JWilson

JWilson — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 15:45:55 +0000

R Kelly – I am saddened to find out that you don’t think the Raman Catholic Church is based in scripture. After all, we have both old testament and new testament reading each Sunday. Liturgy of the hours is all scriptually based. Additionally, as the wife of an ordained Deacon in the Roman Catolic Church, I can well understand why priests are called to celibacy. A priest cannot have a foot in both the secular world as well as the church. It would be two forces pulling in different directions. Men who convert to catholism after having been a Pastor in another christian denomination are not asked to put aside their spouse if they decide they are called to the priesthood.

By: R Kelly

R Kelly — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 08:48:38 +0000

also i found a site on computer why peter is not the first pope. and it goes on to list 10 reasons why peter could not be the first pope.I Am catholic but i am surprised to find out the roman catholic church has a very shady past.And i don’t for a second go along with all the man made laws they come up with in the church. i switched to pncc polish national church. i think they go by the bible more . i know they do i went to catholic school we had to go to church every morning cause our bus got there before school opened and church was going on . in all those years i never heard mention of the bible.and tell this day they don’t say much about the bible. why is this

By: r kelly

r kelly — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 08:22:38 +0000

this was preached in our church that cothlic prest were married at one time.a lot of them were to welthy famileys around the 18 centuery they were ordered to get rid of there wives and they abanded ther children and ordered to turn all there propety and money over to the chrch that is how the roman cotholic church got wealthy

By: thefrenchchick

thefrenchchick — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 16:51:26 +0000

My, albeit limited, understanding of this issue is that the priest would have to leave the priesthood before he could marry. Marrying after ordination is simply not allowed. Celibacy is a requirement of the office of the priest.

Perhaps someone more familiar with canon law can give you a more thorough answer.

By: thefrenchchick

thefrenchchick — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 16:44:38 +0000

Arnold, the questioner was asking for your source supporting your statement that “Originally Catholic priests did marry”. Please give your source for this statement. Thanks.