Married Priests?: 30 Crucial Questions About Celibacy

Married Priests?: 30 Crucial Questions About Celibacy

Why do Catholic priests not marry? How can celibacy possibly be so important to the Church, if Jesus did not even require it of his apostles? Cannot such an obligation cause sexual deviance, emotional troubles and even cases of pedophilia? These are three among the numerous possible questions that many people ask themselves, often without finding convincing answers.
In recent years the arguments in favor of openness to married priests seem to be multiplying. Some object that celibacy is not a dogma but only a discipline that originated in the Middle Ages; that it is contrary to nature and hence harmful for a man's psycho-physical equilibrium and the maturation of the human personality. And then, if priests could marry, there would be an increase in vocations.
In this book, seventeen various experts make contributions, responding to these and other burning objections, allowing the reader to discover the value that celibacy has today in the lives of thousands of priests and seminarians.
Among the key topics this book discusses are: History of Priestly Celibacy, What Theology Says on the Celibacy, Emotions and Sexuality, Discerning and Fostering a Vocation, Celibacy in the Life of a Priest, Celibacy and Inculturation, Papal teachings on Celibacy from Pius XI to Benedict XVI.
Country USA
Brand Ignatius Press
Manufacturer Ignatius Press
Binding Paperback
Model MPRP
ReleaseDate 2012-12-01
Size 12 x 10 (in)
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781586177256

Country	USA
Brand	Ignatius Press
Manufacturer	Ignatius Press
Binding	Paperback
Model	MPRP
ReleaseDate	2012-12-01
Size	12 x 10 (in)
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781586177256