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Celibacy - origins?
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RE: Celibacy - origins?
August 11, 2014 at 7:09 am
(August 5, 2014 at 1:26 am)Chuck Wrote:
(August 4, 2014 at 5:11 pm)athos123 Wrote: What are the origins of celibacy in catholic church?
I heard some stories that it was done for so that wife would't inherit anything or something like that not for the whole i'm doing this for god thing.
Anyone knows?

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, as the Catholic Church fought the Protestant reformation.

Worked out pretty well for them.
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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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