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Celibacy - origins?
August 4, 2014 at 5:11 pm
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?
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RE: Celibacy - origins?
August 4, 2014 at 11:37 pm
Deceiving spirits, perhaps demons. (1 Timothy 4:1-5)
If it could be proven beyond doubt that God exists...
and that He is the one spoken of in the Bible...
would you repent of your sins and place your faith in Jesus Christ?
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RE: Celibacy - origins?
August 5, 2014 at 2:36 am
(This post was last modified: August 5, 2014 at 2:37 am by Ryantology.)
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RE: Celibacy - origins?
August 5, 2014 at 3:46 am
Clerical celibacy (for both sexes) is one of those strictures of the Church that has always been honoured more in the breach than in the observance.
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RE: Celibacy - origins?
August 8, 2014 at 5:57 pm
Simon Peter was married and Paul alluded to having been married. The Catholics eventually had too large of an overhead so they had to cut cut their expenses. Their business model could no longer support non-productive women and children.