Sentences with phrase «celibate clergy»
By looking around them, however, Darwinists belatedly noticed that humans happily cooperate and, in cases such as celibate clergy, even sacrifice their own «genetic good» for others.
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The state also pressured the church to change its stand on celibate clergy.
John Paul II explained that this was to be seen as a gesture in recognition of the spiritual value of their previous ministry in the separated churches The conditions involved keeping the actual office of Parish Priest for celibate clergy.
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He suggested the cardinals hang around for the afternoon while he poured through the ancient texts to see if he could find any decree that the clergy were supposed to remain «celibate».
If he couldn't get laid with those credentials then there is a reason the Catholic clergy is «supposedly» celibate.
Eastern Rite Catholics have a married clergy and celibate bishops (often drawn from the monasteries) and an Eastern liturgy similar to the Orthodox so there is precedent and an historic tradition for the ordinate.
The Church permits clergy to be in same - sex relationships that are celibate but forbids them from marrying people of the same sex.
The Movement for Married Clergy believes that advocates for clerical celibacy base their views on notions of cultic purity and an idea that the love of God is more readily accessible in the celibate life.