what do you think if someone who is a cathilic priest decide to serve as priest for 7 years in the church and after that he get married. He still is a good christian. what do you think it is good or bad to do that?
2006-09-08 23:20:31 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
This is a very sad situation, similar to any divorce.
Obviously he did not have a true calling to begin with and should not have been ordained. But that is water under the bridge.
In the long run, it is better for everyone for him to be a happily married ex-priest than a very unhappy priest.
He needs our compassion and prayers.
With love in Christ.
2006-09-12 16:49:37 · answer #1 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i think there is a lot more to it than that.... i'm assuming he went to the seminary and all the diocesean requirements and became a priets, then served for 7 years, fell"in love" left the priesthood....
if he's truly in love - then he was never meant to be a priest in the full sense and should have only gone to deacon.
if he's in lust (which happens too) then he should with stand the temptations.
i don't think what he did was good or bad -- i would need more information because upheaving a committment like that is not an easy task - did he pray on it, was he sincere from the beginning and through the end - tons of outlying factors.
i wouldn't judge his Christianity - no one can know the full scope of a person's love of Christ.
2006-09-09 00:48:16 · answer #2 · answered by Marysia 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good. Fair play to the priest.
Here's a bit of Church history for you. In the middle ages the Christian Church (This happened BEFORE the Reformation, which divided Christians to Catholics and Protestants) one of the popes decided to issue an edict forbidding priests to marry. (To stop losing lands, and to avoid corruption.)
My point? It's a man-made law. Yes, I'm Catholic.
2006-09-08 23:26:26 · answer #3 · answered by Balaboo 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I do not practice religion but I was brought up as a roman catholic. I'll ask you this in reference to your question. WHERE in the bible does it say that a priest can not get married or have kids.? The catholic churches makes and changes rules all the time. They make them up as they go along. As an example as a kid going to church I would receive communion. It was a sin to touch the bread as it represents the body of Christ. BUT all of a sudden you can pick it up, or hold your hand out and the priest or another person gives it to you. I myself don't see a problem if a priest, pastor, minister or any other religious person gets married.
2006-09-08 23:33:20 · answer #4 · answered by GRUMPY 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think this will not happen, because he has already served as
a catholic priest for a long time in the church. Marriage is not
in his mind, but only God and His gospel. He has done much
of God's work and he would not take such a risk. He will always
be a good christian in the eyes of God.
2006-09-08 23:36:12 · answer #5 · answered by steplow33 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't have a problem with it as a Catholic.
Priestly celibacy is a Catholic doctrine. It didn't come from the words of Jesus Himself. Celibacy was in some degree a political creation of the Middle Ages to avoid nepotism and inheritance issues - though numerous medieval clergy had bastard children anyway and favored them in a scarcely secretive way.
2006-09-08 23:30:03 · answer #6 · answered by samurai_dave 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
I think marriage is a great thing if taken seriously. God created man and woman together and together they bare children. some choose to devote their whole lives to serving he lord and he is grateful. Even moses had a wife and child. Who was more devout then moses.
2006-09-08 23:30:45 · answer #7 · answered by c.gibbs 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
one of my lecturers at university is a Catholic priest and is married. Why not? We're born to couple, so why would some religion prohibit it???
2006-09-08 23:23:11 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's bad but sometimes it can't be helped, as some couples who divorce...that does not make you feel good does it?
It's a kind of failure in your life-commitment.
2006-09-08 23:24:29 · answer #9 · answered by carl 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋