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Priestly Celibacy Today
Language: en
Pages: 268
Authors: Thomas McGovern
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 1998 - Publisher: Four Courts Press

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This book contains chapters on the developme nt of celibacy in the churches of the east and west, scriptu ral foundations and the theological arguments. Special
Why Celibacy?: Reclaiming the Fatherhood of the Priest
Language: en
Pages: 125
Authors: Fr. Carter Griffin
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-07-01 - Publisher: Emmaus Road Publishing

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“The Church today demands a profound renewal of celibate priesthood and the fatherhood to which it is ordered.” Priestly celibacy, some say, is an outdated
Married Priests?
Language: en
Pages: 200
Authors: Arturo Cattaneo
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-01-01 - Publisher: Ignatius Press

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In recent years the arguments in favor of married priests seem to be multiplying. Some object that celibacy is not a dogma but only a discipline that originated
Apostolic Origins of Priestly Celibacy
Language: en
Pages: 496
Authors: Christian Cochini
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2002-04 - Publisher: Ignatius Press

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"Fr Christian Cochini has made a thorough examination, based on years of extensive research, of the topic of clerical celibacy in the first seven centuries of t
Priestly Celibacy
Language: en
Pages: 233
Authors: Gary Selin
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-03-11 - Publisher: CUA Press

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Pope Francis has called mandatory priestly celibacy a "gift for the Church," but added "since it is not a dogma, the door is always open" to change. As this Chu