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This is an overgeneralization. By the fourth century it became standard to forbid marriage because was believed that previously permitted marriage was only for
by Boogie_Man 1y ago
This is an overgeneralization. By the fourth century it became standard to forbid marriage because was believed that previously permitted marriage was only for individuals who remained celibate within the marriage.
I find this to be unlikely.
This position also ignores the East, as we tend to do, although I will admit they understood themselves to be changing convention when permitting it.
- betterThanTexas 1y ago> By the fourth century it became standard to forbid marriage because was believed that previously permitted marriage was only for individuals who remained celibate within the marriage. On the other hand, de-facto marriages (say, a live-in servant woman the priest treated like a wife, including having sex with her) were overlooked by the catholic church on continental Europe well into the high middle ages.
- ImJamal 1y agoI am talking about men who are already priests cannot marry. I think you are talking about men who are married becoming priests which is allowed in the Catholic Church and well as the East. None of the Eastern churches allow priests to marry.
- Boogie_Man 1y agoThe Eastern Churches do allow their priests to have sexual relations with their wives after ordination.
- ImJamal 1y agoSo do Catholics including Latin rite priests?