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Debate: Should Catholic priests be allowed to marry?
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- | *'''[[Argument: Priests should be allowed to marry to increase vocations| Priests should be allowed to marry to increase vocations]]''' [http://www.theage.com.au/news/Opinion/Church-will-benefit-if-priests-are-able-to-marry/2005/01/30/1107020254938.html Muriel Porter. "Church will benefit if priests are able to marry". The Age. January 31, 2005]: "The present plea is justified on the basis that drastic action is needed to restore priestly numbers, which in the Western world have dropped markedly over the past 30 years. In Australia the decline is estimated to be about 20 per cent overall, with a much greater drop - about two-thirds - in the numbers of trainee priests. [...] The requirement of priestly celibacy is perhaps the sole reason for this unprecedented decline. The Anglican and Protestant churches, which permit their clergy to marry, have not suffered any significant shortage of trainees over the same period." | + | *'''[[Argument: Catholic Church did not adopt celibacy until second millennium| Catholic Church did not adopt celibacy until second millennium]]''' [http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/05/15/cozzens.celibacy.discussion/ Rev. Donald Cozzens. "Commentary: Celibacy should be rethought". CNN. May 15, 2009]: "More and more Catholics today are coming to understand that celibacy as a universal law for priests had its origins in the 12th century and that during the church's first millennium, priests and bishops -- and at least thirty-nine popes -- were married." |
+ | *'''[[Argument: Other priests can marry, Roman Catholics should be able to| Other priests can marry, Roman Catholics should be able to]]''' [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31091-2004Nov6.html Joseph Snyder. "Should Roman Catholic Priests Be Allowed to Marry?". Washington Post, Letter to the Editor. November 7, 2004]: "Eastern Orthodox Catholic priests are allowed to marry. Also, certain married Protestant priests may convert as priests to the Roman Catholic faith. Obviously, the precedent for married Catholic priests is already established. So the question is not 'if' Roman Catholic priests should be married but 'when.'" | ||
+ | *'''Married men don't have to divorce upon entering priesthood.''' [http://www.usnews.com/blogs/john-farrell/2009/05/12/catholic-church-should-end-celibacy-rule-let-rev-cutie-and-other-priests-marry.html John Aloysius Farrell. "Catholic Church Should End Celibacy Rule, Let Rev. Cutie and Other Priests Marry". US News and World Report. May 12, 2009]: "if you come to the priesthood already married, the church doesn't make you divorce. There are practicing Catholic married priests, and the world has not come to a flaming end." | ||
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- | *'''[[Argument: Allowing priests to marry would not increase vocations| Allowing priests to marry would not increase vocations]]''' [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31091-2004Nov6.html Kathryn Nicole Stockhausen. "Should Roman Catholic Priests Be Allowed to Marry?". Washington Post. November 7, 2004]: "I have heard some who state that it would lead to an increase in vocations, but there is not a single piece of statistical data to prove that. Of those who have contemplated a vocation to the priesthood, very few have stated that a vow of celibacy was a stumbling block that they could not overcome. In fact, I have known of many ordained individuals who see celibacy as a blessing, and as a way to allow them to focus more on their vocation of service to others and to the church." | + | *'''The Church should maintain its tradition of celibacy.''' [http://www.helium.com/debates/69718-priests-should-be-permitted-to-marry/side_by_side R.N. Lentejas Jr. "Debate: Priests should be permitted to marry". Helium]: "I believe that priests in the Latin Church should live a celibate life to maintain the rich tradition of the Church. It has been a universal notion from time immemorial until today and until the future that priests are celibates for the sake of the Kingdom of God. This is a universal understanding from across the globe unique to Catholic priests alone, because there are priests in other Christian churches who are actually married. There exists among them (Catholic priests) a universal concept of brotherhood, surpassing the many barriers of race, culture, ethnic origin, economic standing, and many others." |
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+ | *'''Allowing priests to marry insults those who kept celibate.''' Archbishop John Foley, a Vatican spokesman, said in 2005: "I think it would be an insult to the priests who have remained faithful to readmit these individuals who have left the priesthood in order to marry."[http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=2654486] | ||
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- | ===Tradition: Is it wrong to maintain the ''tradition'' of Catholic priest celibacy? === | + | === Vocations: Would allowing priests to marry increase vocations? === |
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- | *'''[[Argument: Catholic Church did not adopt celibacy until second millennium| Catholic Church did not adopt celibacy until second millennium]]''' [http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/05/15/cozzens.celibacy.discussion/ Rev. Donald Cozzens. "Commentary: Celibacy should be rethought". CNN. May 15, 2009]: "More and more Catholics today are coming to understand that celibacy as a universal law for priests had its origins in the 12th century and that during the church's first millennium, priests and bishops -- and at least thirty-nine popes -- were married." | + | *'''[[Argument: Priests should be allowed to marry to increase vocations| Priests should be allowed to marry to increase vocations]]''' [http://www.theage.com.au/news/Opinion/Church-will-benefit-if-priests-are-able-to-marry/2005/01/30/1107020254938.html Muriel Porter. "Church will benefit if priests are able to marry". The Age. January 31, 2005]: "The present plea is justified on the basis that drastic action is needed to restore priestly numbers, which in the Western world have dropped markedly over the past 30 years. In Australia the decline is estimated to be about 20 per cent overall, with a much greater drop - about two-thirds - in the numbers of trainee priests. [...] The requirement of priestly celibacy is perhaps the sole reason for this unprecedented decline. The Anglican and Protestant churches, which permit their clergy to marry, have not suffered any significant shortage of trainees over the same period." |
- | *'''[[Argument: Other priests can marry, Roman Catholics should be able to| Other priests can marry, Roman Catholics should be able to]]''' [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31091-2004Nov6.html Joseph Snyder. "Should Roman Catholic Priests Be Allowed to Marry?". Washington Post, Letter to the Editor. November 7, 2004]: "Eastern Orthodox Catholic priests are allowed to marry. Also, certain married Protestant priests may convert as priests to the Roman Catholic faith. Obviously, the precedent for married Catholic priests is already established. So the question is not 'if' Roman Catholic priests should be married but 'when.'" | ||
- | *'''Married men don't have to divorce upon entering priesthood.''' [http://www.usnews.com/blogs/john-farrell/2009/05/12/catholic-church-should-end-celibacy-rule-let-rev-cutie-and-other-priests-marry.html John Aloysius Farrell. "Catholic Church Should End Celibacy Rule, Let Rev. Cutie and Other Priests Marry". US News and World Report. May 12, 2009]: "if you come to the priesthood already married, the church doesn't make you divorce. There are practicing Catholic married priests, and the world has not come to a flaming end." | ||
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- | *'''The Church should maintain its tradition of celibacy.''' [http://www.helium.com/debates/69718-priests-should-be-permitted-to-marry/side_by_side R.N. Lentejas Jr. "Debate: Priests should be permitted to marry". Helium]: "I believe that priests in the Latin Church should live a celibate life to maintain the rich tradition of the Church. It has been a universal notion from time immemorial until today and until the future that priests are celibates for the sake of the Kingdom of God. This is a universal understanding from across the globe unique to Catholic priests alone, because there are priests in other Christian churches who are actually married. There exists among them (Catholic priests) a universal concept of brotherhood, surpassing the many barriers of race, culture, ethnic origin, economic standing, and many others." | + | *'''[[Argument: Allowing priests to marry would not increase vocations| Allowing priests to marry would not increase vocations]]''' [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31091-2004Nov6.html Kathryn Nicole Stockhausen. "Should Roman Catholic Priests Be Allowed to Marry?". Washington Post. November 7, 2004]: "I have heard some who state that it would lead to an increase in vocations, but there is not a single piece of statistical data to prove that. Of those who have contemplated a vocation to the priesthood, very few have stated that a vow of celibacy was a stumbling block that they could not overcome. In fact, I have known of many ordained individuals who see celibacy as a blessing, and as a way to allow them to focus more on their vocation of service to others and to the church." |
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- | *'''Allowing priests to marry insults those who kept celibate.''' Archbishop John Foley, a Vatican spokesman, said in 2005: "I think it would be an insult to the priests who have remained faithful to readmit these individuals who have left the priesthood in order to marry."[http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=2654486] | + | |
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Religious doctrine: Would allowing priests to marry comply with religious doctrine? | |
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Tradition: Is it wrong to maintain the tradition of Catholic priest celibacy? | |
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Vocations: Would allowing priests to marry increase vocations? | |
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Sexual abuse: Will allowing priests to marry lower sexual abuse in Church? | |
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