Case for clerical celibacy: its historical development and theological foundations.

From: Catholic Insight | Date: April 1, 1996 | Copyright information

The author, a German Cardinal living in Rome and an expert on the history of Canon Law, demonstrates that celibacy for bishops, priests and deacons goes back to apostolic times, not to the twelfth century, as some have argued. Celibacy here means abstaining from "sexual relations with their wives and the pro-creation of children" (Council of Elvira, 307). The African Council (390-391) affirmed celibacy as a universal custom of the Church. The decrees of these early Councils, held o...

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