2006-09-15 22:07:14 · 10 answers · asked by ? 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Say he got hot for a woman and (he is the Pope) said I am going to mary her.
Would that make the people of the Catholic Church Made
2006-09-15 22:08:15 · update #1
Mad sorry for the spelling
2006-09-15 22:08:39 · update #2
Not currently. Catholic bishops, priests, and deacons cannot marry.
This idea of a celibate clergy 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). For example, Yahweh ordered the prophet Jeremiah 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 the example of the Essenes influenced either or both Jesus and John the Baptist in their celibacy.
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.
2006-09-17 16:26:46 · answer #1 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
nope, preist or pope can't get married so that they can concentrate 100% on they job and not about they wife
2006-09-16 05:12:11 · answer #2 · answered by arveen paria arasuk 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No he can't as long as he is the Pope.
2006-09-16 05:10:03 · answer #3 · answered by FL Girl 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
only to another pope
2006-09-16 05:11:03 · answer #4 · answered by Mustafa 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah
with young boys.
Sorry Poppy, just kidding
2006-09-16 05:12:00 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
anyone can get married, but people will call them names..
2006-09-16 05:09:08 · answer #6 · answered by jv637 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they cant get married? you mean they can never have sex? does that mean they never get sexual urges. .darn they are strogn - what crap is thta!
2006-09-16 06:16:38 · answer #7 · answered by F 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no & no by their law
2006-09-16 05:09:30 · answer #8 · answered by Truly curious 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no
2006-09-16 05:10:58 · answer #9 · answered by shani 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO.
2006-09-16 05:09:11 · answer #10 · answered by traydenma 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋