Priests did not have to be celibate.
Priests did not have to be celibate.
priests should be celibate.
Ordained Lutheran priests were allowed to be married. They are still allowed to be today. Celibacy is not compulsory for Lutheran clergy.
Celibate
In the Roman Catholic Church, it is required that a priest be celibate. This is to keep the priest from being distracted from doing God's will as a priest. However, if an Anglican or Orthodox priest who is married converts to Catholicism he is able to become a Catholic priest and keep his wife. In the Eastern Catholic Church though, the priests are allowed to marry though. Lutheran and Episcopalian Priests are allowed to marry as well.
a priest would know the answer to that. if you are able to find a celibate one that is.
Catholic priest must remain celebate (they may not marry) while Lutheran ministers may marry.
The primary purpose of a priest remaining celibate is to more perfectly conform Himself to Christ. The people of God is feminine in Catholic theology (the Bride of Christ) and the priest, as and "alter Christus" stands as the Bridegroom to the people of God.
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He's a priest. He's celibate. His knowledge of love is not from personal experience.
Lutheran