Do priests have the right to marry?

Anonymous

∙ 16y ago

Updated: 8/17/2019

A Catholic man chooses whether to marry and live as a husband and father of a family, or whether to enter the priesthood. If he chooses to enter the priesthood, he takes a vow of celibacy, that is to remain unmarried. If a Catholic priest and his bishop agree that entering the celibate priesthood was a mistake on his part, the priest may be laicized and released from his vows, that is, he is no longer a member of the Catholic hierarchy but a layman, and free to marry. A fair number of (former) priests did this during the 1960s and 1970s - left the priesthood and married.

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During medieval times, priests were generally not permitted to marry.

Are protestantism priest able to marry?

Catholic priests will refuse to marry anyone not belonging to their faith. A Protestant pastor will do the job.

Can Lutherian priests marry?

Yes.

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priests should not be allowed to marry lol trevor rige taylor

How did the change from Catholic to protestant affect the priests?

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only non-catholics can marry. ANSWER 2: The only priests who may not marry are Roman Catholic. The clergy of other sects of Catholicism (ie., Russian & Greek Orthodox) are permitted to marry.

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