catholic priests should not be allowed to get married?

Answer 1

is your q: "why are catholic priests not allowed to get married?"
or is it:
"should catholic priests be allowed to get married?"
please clarify

Answer 2

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.

WWJD? What would Jesus do? Jesus did not marry.

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.

Answer 3

catholic priests are not allowed to get married so their spouse could not interfere with their servitude to god. the priest devotes and gives all his time to the church and the work of the lord. i forget exact scripture references relating to this, marriage is promoted in the church however we can see on a few occasions jesus and the books after the gospels that priests would serve better if not married.

Answer 4

I am a catholic have been for the last 68years and i firmly believe that priests should marry,they would make better pastors have a better understanding of married life and the problems associated with marriage instead of the present situation where you have a celibate ? man dictating to couples on such subjects as birth control and how they should council their children about the dangers of sex and promiscuity

Answer 5

there are some catholic priests that are married. mainly they are not as they could not handle the relationship on top of the committment to their parishioners and the Church. the responsibilties of the pastor are more than a husband could handle. well, maybe he could but the wife couldn't. he is called out at all hours of the day and night. he's on call 24/7 and his committment it to serve JEsus in bringing people back to HIm, helping them learn and serving them in their spiritual needs.

to the dolts who think this is why a minor FRACTION of priests have harmed young children - get a grip on reality. there are sngle men and women all over who do not harm children. ther eare also fathers, uncles and others who ARE married who molest children.

Answer 6

Dude, EVERYONE including catholic priests deserve that right. I suspect you are bitter because of what may have happened to you when you were young. Trust me, you're not alone - it's happened to many of us. If I'm right, I'm sorry that it has.

Rather than be bitter about it, move on in life and show that you are the better person. Instead of giving you the old verse, turn the other cheek or it is better to forgive blah blah blah .. why worry .. you can't be hurt anymore .. just learn to put that behind you.

I sincerely wish you well.

bga

Answer 7

Is that a question?

I think it's a special and holy thing that a priest gives up marriage and devotes himself ONLY to his congregation and the Church.

Answer 8

Child molestation has nothing to do with celebacy, or marriage. More men who are married molest children than priests do. But i don`t hear anyone banning men from associating with kids...man cannot serve two masters that is why they take vows of poverty, celibacy etc...

Answer 9

I'm not Catholic, so it really doesn't concern me, but I can't help wondering if we'd have less instances of priests molesting children if they were allowed to get married and have a healthy sexual relationship. Just my $0.02.

Answer 10

Priests not being allowed to marry is not a DOCTRINE or teaching of the Church, it is a matter of discipline, which means it may be changed. The fact is that a celibate priesthood is far better able to serve their parish when they is not concerned about a wife and children.

Matthew 19:27-29
Then Peter answering, said to him: Behold we have left all things, and have followed thee: what therefore shall we have? And Jesus said to them: Amen I say to you, that you who have followed me, in the regeneration, when the Son of man shall sit on the seat of his majesty, you also shall sit on twelve seats judging the twelve tribes of Israel. And every one that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands for my name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall possess life everlasting.
Matthew 19:10-12
His disciples say unto him [Jesus]: If the case of a man with his wife be so, it is not expedient to marry. Who said to them: All men take not this word, but they to whom it is given. For there are eunuchs, who were born so from their mothers womb: and there are eunuchs, who were made so by men: and there are eunuchs, who have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven. He that can take, let him take it.

1 Corinthians 7:7-9
For I would that all men were even as myself [i.e., celibate]. But every one hath his proper gift from God: one after this manner, and another after that. But I say to the unmarried and to the widows: It is good for them if they so continue, even as I. But if they do not contain themselves, let them marry. For it is better to marry than to be burnt.


1 Corinthians 7:32-35
He that is without a wife is solicitous for the things that belong to the Lord: how he may please God. But he that is with a wife is solicitous for the things of the world: how he may please his wife. And he is divided. And the unmarried woman and the virgin thinketh on the things of the Lord: that she may be holy both in body and in spirit. But she that is married thinketh on the things of the world: how she may please her husband. And this I speak for your profit, not to cast a snare upon you, but for that which is decent and which may give you power to attend upon the Lord, without impediment.

And btw, the so called priestly "pedophile" scandal is NOT really about pedophilia. More than 90% of the victims were pubescent or adolescent boys. Being preyed upon by adult men. This is more properly called ephebophilia, or homosexual rape. True pedophilia involves small children, of either sex, ranging in age from toddler to nine years old. Interestingly enough true pedophiles are more often than not married men. Homosexuals are NOT supposed to be ordained, but back in the sixties the liberals in the Church began disobeying Rome's mandate. And now we see the fruit their disobedience has borne....