Re: CHAT: Marriage and other things.

On Mon, Apr 10, 2000 at 11:29:18PM -0800, Mike Adams wrote:
>
> The Catholic Church was not as closed to the idea of married clergy, but
> cause of the abuses of it c.1100 they made Catholic Priests had to be
> celibate and not married, seems they often acted more as feudal lords
> than as clergy, of course many could barely if at all read the bible, so
> ..
> The Clunic reformation and others supported the idea of a celibite and
> unmarried clergy, as well as a more educated one as well. Marriage in
> their eyes takes away the priests from their true duty to God..
I think that it suggests the important role that marriage had in the
political structure, that preventing priests from marrying would
curb their ability to work themselves into feudal politics.

> One of
> the reasons I expect for the schism between west and east, but there was
> much more.. The Trinity and many others..  But like changes in usage of
> juice vs wine, and other changes coming about, things will likely
> change. But is their a femanine form of Padre? How do you definentiate
> between a female nun, and a female priest? Jobs are different, or maybe
> they will change?

People tell Monks and Priests apart these days... :)

And what's wrong with "Madre"?  As long as you don't put "Tu" in front
of it, you're just fine...

Ed