Who decided that Catholic priests cannot get married?

Question

And when that happen??
Pope??
Maybe to gain more money for the church??

Answer 1

i heard the reasoning was that back in the early days during the roman empire, a man gave all of his belongings to his sons and the they didnt want the church to become a familial monarchy or have its belongings passed down to heirs of priests, bishops, etc. but i dont know if that is correct or not

Answer 2

There are varying dates for when it became law in the Roman Catiholic Church, though it did happen somewhere between 800 and 1100 AD. The tradition is that because Jesus never married (not proveable - a variant tradition, mentioned in "The da Vinci Code," has Jesus marrying Mary Magdalene), priests must not be married. This appears to have been determined jointly by the Pope and bishops of the Church.

The Roman Catholic Church also maintains that marriage and children are excessive distractions to the priestly ministry, though that has not stopped the church from ordaining married men as deacons or accepting married clergy from other Christian traditions.

St. Peter, the first Pope, was married when he met Jesus. This is mentioned in the Gospels.

Orthodox Catholic priests can marry, and in fact in many places it is preferred to ordain married men. The Roman Catholic Church does allow married clergymen who convert from Protestant sects to be ordained. In both cases their wives must consent to the ordination.

Answer 3

This idea came from the Jews, John the Baptist, Jesus, and the Apostle Paul.

The Jews. The Talmud argues that a person whose “soul is bound up with the Torah and is constantly occupied with it” may remain celibate (Maimonides, Laws of Marriage 15.3). This argument could certainly have been based on the biblical example of Jeremiah, a celibate prophet who was ordered by Yahweh not to marry (Jeremiah 16:1-4). Moreover, the Essenes was a group that was active in Jesus’ time that practiced celibacy and thought by most scholars to be the authors of the Dead Sea Scrolls.

John the Baptist and Jesus are both believed to have been celibate for their entire lives. Some scholars believe that either or both Jesus and John the Baptist were influenced in their celibacy by the example of the Essenes.

The Apostle Paul is explicit about his celibacy (see 1 Cor. 7). There is also evidence in the gospel of Matthew for the practice of celibacy among at least some early Christians, in the famous passage about becoming “eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven” (Matt. 19:12).

The concept took many twists and turns over the years and will probably take a few more before Christ returns in glory.

With love in Christ.

Answer 4

Actually many of the first popes were married & leaders of the military, with very powerful families. Some were killed off by their own family members to gain the power for themselves. The church would like to have this part of their history forgotten. Lucrezia Borgia was the daughter of Pope Callistus III.[in the year 1455] Maybe thats why they really started the celebacy & it has nothing to do with religous beliefs at all.

Answer 5

It was a mix of many things, but mainly a Pope who passed a Papal Bull (hhhmmm, Bull?) that priests were to remain chaste. I'm not sure how that would make money for the church though. I think it was more of a control thing. Us dirty women couldn't infiltrate the church by marrying a priest. Who knows.

Answer 6

I can't give you the name or date but it was early in the church probably middle ages. The reasoning for it is that, like Christ, a priest should be "married" to the church and not to a women. Personally (Not being Catholic myself), I don't agree but that is at least part of the reasoning.

Answer 7

I don't know who did it, but it happened because Catholic priests would give their possessions to their children. After the priests died, the children would leave the church and take with them their possessions. So they didn't want the church's property taken away.

Answer 8

I'm not sure.
I just think it's fishy, because there are indications in the Bible that Peter was married (he has a mother-in-law), and he was practically ordained by Jesus.

In fact, most Catholics point to Peter as being the first Pope, I don't know how they explain the fact that he was married.

Answer 9

One of the popes from a long time ago. Jesus probably told Peter when He asked him to begin the Church.

Answer 10

it was decided in a catholic reunion like 1700 years ago, because Jesus died and never got married, Peter was supposed to follow the same path, and so it went till our days, though there a lot of priests who dont respect this.