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Celibacy - origins?

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Celibacy - origins?
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RE: Celibacy - origins?
August 5, 2014 at 1:58 am
Quote:Yes, clergy celibacy was instituted in the mid 1500s during Council of Trent as part of wider church reform to stem the worst excesses of the clergy and clean up the image of the church

Time for another council, then! Hopefully they'll do a little better.
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Celibacy - origins?

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Celibacy - origins? - by athos123 - August 4, 2014 at 5:11 pm
RE: Celibacy - origins? - by ShaMan - August 4, 2014 at 5:23 pm
RE: Celibacy - origins? - by Drich - August 4, 2014 at 9:00 pm
RE: Celibacy - origins? - by orangebox21 - August 4, 2014 at 11:37 pm
RE: Celibacy - origins? - by Anomalocaris - August 5, 2014 at 1:26 am
RE: Celibacy - origins? - by Fidel_Castronaut - August 11, 2014 at 7:09 am
RE: Celibacy - origins? - by Minimalist - August 5, 2014 at 1:58 am
RE: Celibacy - origins? - by Ryantology - August 5, 2014 at 2:36 am
RE: Celibacy - origins? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - August 5, 2014 at 3:46 am
RE: Celibacy - origins? - by Wyrd of Gawd - August 8, 2014 at 5:57 pm
RE: Celibacy - origins? - by Diablo - August 8, 2014 at 6:06 pm
RE: Celibacy - origins? - by vorlon13 - August 8, 2014 at 6:08 pm
RE: Celibacy - origins? - by Minimalist - August 8, 2014 at 8:32 pm
RE: Celibacy - origins? - by Michael - August 10, 2014 at 6:00 pm

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