http://blog.grigaitis.net/2009/04/married-clergy/ RJ's thoughts, comments, and website updates Wed, 14 Jul 2010 08:27:35 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://blog.grigaitis.net/2009/04/married-clergy/comment-page-1/#comment-3368 R. J. Grigaitis » Blog Archive » The Vow of Celibacy Wed, 20 Jan 2010 01:09:04 +0000 http://blog.grigaitis.net/?p=251#comment-3368 [...] The first mistake these men make is that they never left or gave up the priesthood. The Sacrament of Holy Orders, like Baptism and Confirmation, is unrepeatable and permanent. What they did leave or give up was their vow of celibacy. Being released from this vow came with the serious consequence of not being allowed to normally exercise their priesthood. I’ve explained this in a previous post (http://blog.grigaitis.net/2009/04/married-clergy/). [...] [...] The first mistake these men make is that they never left or gave up the priesthood. The Sacrament of Holy Orders, like Baptism and Confirmation, is unrepeatable and permanent. What they did leave or give up was their vow of celibacy. Being released from this vow came with the serious consequence of not being allowed to normally exercise their priesthood. I’ve explained this in a previous post (http://blog.grigaitis.net/2009/04/married-clergy/). [...]

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