Priests

Eastern Orthodox priests never did. Many Catholic priests in the middle ages were married and/or had mistresses. They stopped allowing marriage at some point after that. ---- A Catholic Answer The earliest written documentation of celibacy among Catholic priests dates to the fifth century. With the fall of Rome, the barbarian invasions, and general turmoil throughout Christian Europe, the Catholic Church struggled to enforce this discipline throughout the early Middle ages, and succeeded in doing so only later in the Medieval period.

Imam

• They visited the temple twice a day.
• A priest took care of the gods and goddess statue needs
• The priest had to perform ceremony for the pharaoh when he passed away

God who is love and who created man and woman for love has called them to love. By creating man and woman he called them to an intimate communion of life and of love in marriage: “So that they are no longer two, but one flesh” (Matthew 19:6). God said to them in blessing “Be fruitful and multiply” (Genesis 1:28).

Priest in a way are married - to the Church. They do not marry symbolically because Jesus remained unmarried and so that they can give all of their time and energy to running their parish and serving the Church.

The idea of a universal priesthood is shared by the Catholic, Orthodox, Armenian communions. Anglicans also claim that their priests are part of a universal priesthood although the Catholic and Orthodox communions (I don't know about the Armenians) regard Anglican orders as null and void.

The concept of priesthood is based mostly on Paul's writings and they in turn reflect first century Jewish teaching. Priests act as an intermediary between God and mankind and for the past 2,000 years they have been male.

Although theologians are divided on the issue, most can see no theological objection to female priests or bishops. However, this is a matter of fundamental concern to all Christians and no part of the Church wants to go ahead in isolation. In the West, we have women plumbers, women engine drivers and even women Prime Ministers and the idea of women priests is not too strange to us. However, in the East, society is arranged differently and it is likely to be some time before the Orthodox communion come round to the idea of even discussing the issue. In the mean time, the previous Pope has called for a hiatus in public discussion in the Catholic church. If the Catholic church was to accept women priests in isolation, the goal of Christian unity would be set back 1,000 years. The Catholic church regards the unity for which Jesus prayed to be more important than priestly gender.

The Anglican communion regard themselves as both reformed and catholic. Many regard their introduction of female priests and now bishops as being a sign that they are a Protestant sect. Some are quite happy with such a state of being - others are voting with their feet.

Protestant denominations generally find the whole subject confusing, but - by and large - that's because they don't subscribe to a universal priesthood. Protestants have female ministers of the Eucharist - so do Catholics. Protestants have female preachers and ministers of the Gospel - so do Catholics. The priesthood is something different that was rejected by Luther and Calvin.

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Islam does not have priests, as Christians do. The person who leads Islamic prayer is called an "imam," but this can be any Muslim of good character who has memorize parts of the Holy Qur'an. well yes and the imam is the like the leader in the prayer we can call him sheikh

Yes. anyone in Sikhism is allowed to get marry.

If you are asking if one can subpoena a priest for information gained in the sacrament of Confession, the answer is, in America, no. A priest cannot be legally sanctioned to reveal under duress a sin that is confessed to him. Priests are in the business of saving souls, not aiding justice, or, even, saving lives. Furthermore, even IF a priest could face legal troubles over his oath to secrecy, a devout priest would rather be jailed than break this sacred oath.

Everything! You're devoting 100% of your life to God.

In some countries, Monsignor (or its foreign language equivalent) is the usual style of address for all higher prelates of the Catholic Church below the rank of cardinal or patriarch, including bishops and archbishops. In other countries, particularly English-speaking ones, it is not used for bishops, but only for priests who have received certain specific honorary awards or who hold certain offices. The written form of address for a priest-monsignor is: "the Reverend Monsignor (last name)", and the spoken form of address is: "Monsignor (last name)".

Lamas

Aztec Priests wore black-hooded cloaks,black robes and painted their faces and bodies and sacrifice people

Yes, it wouldn't be universal without them.

Here's a list of what is on the Altar for the Liturgy of the Eucharist:

Altar Cloth

Beeswax candles

Paten {gold plate for the host (bread)}

Chalice (gold cup for the wine)

Coporal

Purificator (cloth for wiping the chalice)

Sacramentary (book of prayers and blessings for the Mass)

Small crucifix

Hosts in vessels

Wine in a cruet

Water in a cruet

According to Father John Hardon, S.J. in his Modern Catholic Dictionary, Catholic priests are required to wear distinctive ecclesiastical garb (in the Western Church this is black cassock indoors and a clerical collar and suit for outdoors.) The Church's legislation about priests wearing a garb that distinguishes them from the laity is mandatory.

yes! love is for anyone! No matter if its a boy and girl, girl and girl, or boy and boy! It doesnt matter! If you love someone, thats special!

They are very committed to teaching and missionary work.

Sumerian Priests were always in the 1st or highest social class making them very rich and wealthy. Priests had the role of communicating to the gods and bringing them the offerings of sumerian citizens.

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The idea of clerical celibacy traces back to the beginnings of Christianity: "Celibacy is represented in the Roman Catholic Church as having apostolic authority. Theologically, the Church desires to imitate the life of Jesus with regard to chastity and the sacrifice of married life for the "sake of the Kingdom" (Luke 18:28-30, Mattew 19:27-30; Mark 10:20-21), and to follow the example of Jesus Christ in being "married" to the Church, viewed by Catholicism and many Christian traditions as the "Bride of Christ". Also of importance are the teachings of St. Paul, that chastity is the superior state of life, and his desire expressed in I Corintians 7:7-8, 'I would that all men were even as myself [celibate] - but every one has his proper gift from God; one after this manner, and another after that. But I say to the unmarried and the widows. It is good for them if they so continue, even as I.'" (Wikipedia, links removed, emphasis added) Background: Clerical Celibacy in the Catholic Church "Clerical celibacy is the discipline by which, in some of the particular churches that constitute the Catholic Church, only unmarried men are, as a rule, to be ordained to the priesthood. The same discipline holds in some other Churches for ordination to the episcopate. Chief of the Catholic particular Churches that follow this discipline is the Latin Rite, but, among the Eastern Catholic Churches, at least the Ethiopic Catholic Church applies it also. In this context, "celibacy" retains its original meaning of "unmarried", and does not refer to the continence or abstinence from sexual intercourse that even the married may practise. Throughout the Catholic Church, East as well as West, a priest may not marry. To become a married priest, one must therefore marry before being ordained. The Catholic, Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox Churches, without exception, rule out ordination of married men to the episcopate. The law of clerical celibacy is considered to be not a doctrine, but a discipline. Exceptions are sometimes made, especially in the case of Protestant clergymen who convert to the Catholic Church, and the discipline could in theory be changed for all ordinations to the priesthood. However, it is considered a valuable witness of Christian faith and as a way of following the example of Christ and his celibate way of life." (Wikipedia, links removed)