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hootsbox  ·  4730 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Was Peter really the first "Pope"?
I have known some very sincere, chaste priests in my day; no problem with some who really "choose" it. I was saying that if the Catholic Church allowed marriage - Peter was married with children and so were many of the Apostles - it may cut down the number of incidences of pedophilea. I just feel that the "requirement" of priesthood or nunship is not founded as a pass down tradition from Peter or the Apostles; it is a man made requirement. Paul felt that his celibacy was chosen and a calling, but many do not. To make them go through that un-natural state to enter the ministry is misguided in my opinion.