10-04-2015, 01:36 AM
(10-03-2015, 06:50 PM)StLucieBengal Wrote: They make that sacrifice to put others ahead of their needs. If they are married it's hard to put others in front of your wife or children.
It's a calling, and if they find they need a wife then they can always walk away and become a deacon.
Oh I get all of that for sure. I could of swore though that I'd heard somewhere, that originally, the whole celibacy thing had more to do with not being able to pass on church property, wealth, or something of that nature to children or spouses. I'm sure I could google it, but just got home and was hoping someone with more knowledge of Catholicism could enlighten me.
