why is a catholic priest not allowed to marry?
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These religions consider that, outside of marriage, deliberately indulging in lustful thoughts and behavior is sinful; clerical celibacy also requires abstention from these. Within the Catholic Church, clerical celibacy is mandated for all clergy in the Latin Church except in the permanent diaconate.
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An unconsummated marriage can be dissolved by the Pope, as Vicar of Christ. ... Accordingly, "the Catholic Church does not recognize or endorse civil divorce of a natural marriage, as of a sacramental marriage".
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One of the major differences between Episcopalians and Catholics is the fact that Episcopalians allow women in some – but not all – provinces to be ordained as priests; unlike Catholicism, where only men are allowed to become priests. However, both wear very similar clothing while preaching.
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Well, it's because the vows (along with the presence of witnesses, and the civil registration) are a legal requirement. This is because, ultimately, the act of marriage is a binding contract with technicalities for both parties.
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Under Hindu law, marriage between prohibited degrees of relationship and sapindas is prohibited. The marriage will be considered as incest if it takes place between relations of sapindas. Therefore, the marriage among Hindus is prohibited but if the customs allows so then it would not be considered as invalid.
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Married men can become priests in U.S. Byzantine Catholic church. The Vatican has cautiously opened the door to the ordination of married men as Byzantine Catholic priests in the United States. ... But the new law is not a full return to the church's practice of 75 years ago, when Rome's permission was not needed.
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The Catholic Church does not agree with cohabitation, because it believes that it destroys the sanctity of the Sacrament of Marriage.
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According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, Techniques involving only the married couple (homologous artificial insemination and fertilization) are perhaps less reprehensible, yet remain morally unacceptable. They dissociate the sexual act from the procreative act.
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Bishops must be unmarried men or widowers; a married man cannot become a bishop. In Latin Church Catholicism and in some Eastern Catholic Churches, most priests are celibate men.
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Clerical celibacy. ... In the Eastern Orthodox Church and Oriental Orthodoxy, celibacy is the norm for bishops; married men may be ordained to the priesthood, but even married priests whose wives pre-decease them are not allowed to enter marriage after ordination.
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2. Non-Catholics can go to confession, but it is only sacramental under special circumstances and one should tell the priest ahead of time that you are a non-Catholic.
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In the Roman Catholic Church, only men are permitted to be clerics, although in antiquity women were ordained to the diaconate. ... Thus, unordained monks, friars, nuns, and religious brothers and sisters are not part of the clergy.
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The Bible does not, for example, forbid cousins from marrying, but it does prohibit sexual relations with several other close relatives.
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What happens when priests fall in love and abandon celibacy? For about 900 years, the Catholic Church has required that its priests stay celibate. ... The idea of falling in love never occurred to Wendeler. When he was ordained as a priest at the age of 30, he had never had a relationship with a woman.
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Celibacy for religious and monastics (monks and sisters/nuns) and for bishops is upheld by the Catholic Church and the traditions of both Eastern Orthodoxy and Oriental Orthodoxy. Bishops must be unmarried men or widowers; a married man cannot become a bishop.
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Roman Catholics deem the Pope as infallible, while Greek Orthodox believers don't. ... Roman Catholic priests cannot marry, while priests in the Greek Orthodox can marry before they are ordinated. 5. Latin is the main language used during Roman Catholic services, while Greek Orthodox churches use native languages.
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Someone who belongs to another Christian church cannot become a godparent but can be a 'witness' in conjunction with a Catholic sponsor. A witness does not have any religious role recognized by the Church.