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- The pre-Christian idea that sexual activity was unsuitable for those who officiated at the altar was assimilated by Christians, and it became common for ordained men to give up sexual relations with their wives. In the Roman Catholic Church the first and second Lateran Councils (1123 and 1139) put an end to clerical marriages.
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Sep 5, 2018 · In the Middle Ages, the celibacy of the priesthood became a source of conflict between Christians. By the 11th century, it contributed to the formal schism between Roman Catholicism and Eastern...
This brief history summarizes the factors that led to the Church’s insistence on mandatory celibacy for its priests. Overview Mandatory celibacy was never part of the message of Jesus of Nazareth, nor was it a practice of the Twelve. Many of the early disciples were married and even traveled with their wives.
Clerical celibacy is the discipline within the Catholic Church by which only unmarried men are ordained to the episcopate, to the priesthood in the Latin Church (one of the 24 rites of the catholic church with some particular exception and in some autonomous particular Churches), and similarly to the diaconate. In other autonomous particular ...
The Council of Elvira in 305 A.D. is the earliest record regarding priestly celibacy. Canon 33 forbade all married bishops, priests, and deacons from having sexual relations with their wives and begetting children.
Last week, we traced the historical development of how celibacy came to be required for clergy in the Roman Catholic Church (except in several of the Eastern Rite Churches). This week we will now examine the spirituality which undergirds the regulation.
The Enlightenment brought fresh assaults against clerical celibacy and after the First Vatican Council, the Old Catholics, separating themselves from Rome, abolished the rule. Despite the pressures on the Catholic Church to relax the law of celibacy, it has always resisted.
If you believe the folks on TV, celibacy was something "imposed on the priesthood" during the Middle Ages to keep the children of clerics from inheriting Church property. If I had a dime for every time I've heard this. Actually, the real history is far more interesting, and complex.
