....so why does he make rules about birth control? If you don't play the game, why make the rules?
2007-09-24 07:29:51 · 6 answers · asked by Gingo! 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I agree!
What really happened was that in the 1200s the church realized that when the priest dies he left the properties to his family. So the church prohibited the clergy from getting married and thus the real estate remained in the church. It was a very shrewd move. My dates may be wrong but not the material.
2007-09-24 08:06:07 · answer #1 · answered by secret society 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Recent Popes did not marry. Since several had illegitimate children, I suppose they did not use birth control
Saint Peter, traditionally the first Pope, was married, known to have taken his wife along on his apostolic/mission journeys.
Pope St. Hormisdas (514–523) was married and widowed before ordination. He was the father of Pope Silverius.
Pope Adrian II (867–872) was married, before taking orders, and had a daughter.
Pope Sergius III (904–911) was supposedly the father of Pope John XI by Marozia
Pope John XII (955–963) (deposed by Conclave) was said to have turned the Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano into a brothel and was accused of adultery, fornication, and incest
Pope Clement IV (1265–1268) was married, before taking holy orders, and had two daughters.
Pope Pius II (1458–1464) had at least two illegitimate children (one in Strasbourg and one in Scotland.
Pope Innocent VIII (1484–1492) had several illegitimate children.
Pope Alexander VI (1492–1503) had a notably long affair with Vannozza dei Cattanei before his papacy, by whom he had his famous illegitimate children Cesare and Lucrezia. A later mistress, Giulia Farnese, was the sister of Alessandro Farnese, who later became Pope Paul III.
Pope Julius II (1503–1513) had three illegitimate daughters.
Pope Clement VII (1523–1534) was probably the father of Alessandro de' Medici, whom he made Duke of Florence.
Pope Paul III (1534–1549) held off ordination in order to continue his promiscuous lifestyle, fathering four illegitimate children by his mistress. His nickname was "Cardinal Petticoat" because his sister Giulia had been Alexander VI's mistress. He made his illegitimate son Pier Luigi Farnese the first Duke of Parma.
Pope Pius IV (1559–1565) had several illegitimate children.
Pope Gregory XIII (1572–1585) had an illegitimate son before he took holy orders.
2007-09-24 16:04:09 · answer #2 · answered by Isolde 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Pope wants more impoverished followers.
2007-09-24 14:34:47 · answer #3 · answered by Naruto #1 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Your right the pope does not marry,he does tom,jim bob !
2007-09-24 14:54:24 · answer #4 · answered by Butch46 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Next thing you'll tell me is that I shouldn't take plumbing advice from my electrician. Sheesh!
2007-09-24 14:34:00 · answer #5 · answered by Gravedigger 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The viking are not clever like they used to be.
2007-09-24 14:39:45 · answer #6 · answered by Near of DN 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋