[OLDCATH-L] [old_catholic] Remarks on Celibacy Requirement

[Andre Queen, Sr]

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From: Sibyl Smirl <polycarpa3 at ckt.net>
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Sam'l B wrote:
> On 02/12/2010 04:45 PM, Bill Leaming wrote:

>  > Only Roman priests are forced to
>> reject either the Sacrament of Matrimony or the Sacrament of Orders -
>> Jesus infallibly allowed both."
> 

A Latin Rite seminarian could transfer to the Byzantine Rite, marry and then be ordained......so the "Only Roman priests....." arguement holds no water. Certainly in the Latin Rite it is a discipline only, and there are Latin Rite married priests in the form of former Anglican clergy. 


Yours in Christ the King, 

Most Rev. Andre J. W. Queen, SCR 
Archbishop, Province of the United States
Catholic Apostolic National Church 
www.catholic-canc.us 

Abp Andre Queen

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From: Sibyl Smirl <polycarpa3 at ckt.net>
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Sam'l B wrote:
> On 02/12/2010 04:45 PM, Bill Leaming wrote:

>  > Only Roman priests are forced to
>> reject either the Sacrament of Matrimony or the Sacrament of Orders -
>> Jesus infallibly allowed both."
> 
>     Where?   Chapter & Verse, please.

1Cr 9:5  Have we not power to lead about a sister, a wife, as well as other apostles, and [as] the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?

Remember that Jesus Ordained Peter (Cephas), and probably some of the others mentioned, and Peter was already married at the time of his Ordination, because he was married before it.

Mat 8:14  And when Jesus was come into Peter's house, he saw his wife's mother laid, and sick of a fever.

Then, Paul requires:

1Ti 3:2  A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;




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