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Catholics men of God and marriage
is it true that if one has the idea of Becoming a Catholic priest requires forever forsaking a marriage commitment.
Not necessarily forever - you can always stop being a priest. 
| arunshanker wrote: |
| is it true that if one has the idea of Becoming a Catholic priest requires forever forsaking a marriage commitment. |
If you are already married, i would assume you would not be forced to give up your marriage since Jesus said that divorce is only allowed in the case of adultery. If you become a priest, you will not be able to get married.
may God bless you.
| loyal wrote: | ||
If you are already married, i would assume you would not be forced to give up your marriage since Jesus said that divorce is only allowed in the case of adultery. If you become a priest, you will not be able to get married. may God bless you. |
If you are married then you don't become a priest.....
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If you are married then you don't become a priest..... |
But you still can.
My priest gives the reasoning as, in an effort to be Christ-like, they reject the "distraction" of a wife. They also point out that, according to accepted scripture, Jesus was not a married man. Basically they do not want to be distracted from their faith. I can't really say whether or not it's virtuous.
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