For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:
1 Thessalonians 4:3
"The Roman Catholic church has required its priests to be celibate since Pope Gregory VII issued his decree in the 11th Century, then reaffirmed the prohibition against marriage at the Second Lateran Council in 1139 and reaffirmed it again at the Council of Trent in 1563. The Romanists toyed around with the idea of celibacy
previous to that, since the Council of Elvira in 304, although there were allowances up until the strict prohibition drafted by Gregory.
The Vatican confirmed to the press on Monday that it has a secretmanual to help priests who have illegitimate children.
Vatican official, Alessandro Gisotti, told the New York Times, “I can confirm that these guidelines exist. It is an internal document.”
As a part of the New York Times story, a man named Vincent Doyle discovered that his ‘godfather,’ Rev. John J. Doyle, was
actually his biological father. Doyle then went to Rome to discover how many other children were raised as fatherless even though their dads worked as priests and says that an archbishop showed him an official Vatican document that outlined secret rules for priests who have children out of wedlock.
The term used in the Vatican document for illegitimate children by priests are “Children of the Ordained.”
The document encourages the priest to leave the priesthood in order to “assume his responsibilities as a parent by devoting himself exclusively to the child.” However, the church will not make a priest do so and will allow him to continue to serve so long as his child is kept a secret."
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1 Thessalonians 4:3
"The Roman Catholic church has required its priests to be celibate since Pope Gregory VII issued his decree in the 11th Century, then reaffirmed the prohibition against marriage at the Second Lateran Council in 1139 and reaffirmed it again at the Council of Trent in 1563. The Romanists toyed around with the idea of celibacy
The Vatican confirmed to the press on Monday that it has a secret
The term used in the Vatican document for illegitimate children by priests are “Children of the Ordained.”
The document encourages the priest to leave the priesthood in order to “assume his responsibilities as a parent by devoting himself exclusively to the child.” However, the church will not make a priest do so and will allow him to continue to serve so long as his child is kept a secret."
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