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  2. Clerical celibacy in the Catholic Church - Wikipedia

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    [94] [95] In June 2019, German bishop Franz-Josef Bode (Roman Catholic Diocese of Osnabrück) said, there can be clerical celibacy priests and also married priests in Roman Catholic Church. In December 2019, German bishop Heinrich Timmerevers answered also, there can be married priests in Catholic Church. [96]

  3. Clerical marriage - Wikipedia

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    Most rural priests were married and many urban clergy and bishops had wives and children." [8] Then at the Second Lateran Council of 1139 the Roman Church declared that Holy Orders were not merely a prohibitive but a diriment canonical impediment to marriage, therefore making a marriage by priests invalid and not merely forbidden. [9] [10]

  4. Clerical celibacy - Wikipedia

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    In some Christian churches, such as the western and some eastern sections of the Catholic Church, priests and bishops must as a rule be unmarried men. In others, such as the Eastern Orthodox Church, the churches of Oriental Orthodoxy and some of the Eastern Catholic Churches, married men may be ordained as deacons or priests, but may not remarry if their wife dies, and celibacy is required ...

  5. Gospel of Jesus' Wife - Wikipedia

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    Gospel of Jesus' Wife, recto. The Gospel of Jesus' Wife is a forged 4th century papyrus fragment with Coptic text that includes the words, "Jesus said to them, 'my wife... '". The text received widespread attention when first publicized in 2012 for the implication that some early Christians believed that Jesus was married.

  6. Sexuality and marital status of Jesus - Wikipedia

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    In first century Judaea, sexual immorality in Second Temple Judaism included incest, impure thoughts, homosexual relations, adultery, and bestiality.According to the rabbinic interpretation of Genesis 2:24, [1] [2] "a man shall leave his father and his mother" forbids a man from having relations with his father's wife and his own biological mother; "cleave to his wife" forbids a man from ...

  7. Interfaith marriage in Christianity - Wikipedia

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    A Lutheran priest in Germany marries a young couple in a church.. An interfaith marriage, also known as an interreligious marriage, is defined by Christian denominations as a marriage between a Christian and a non-Christian (e.g. a marriage between a Christian and a Jew, or a Muslim), whereas an interdenominational marriage is between members of two different Christian denominations, such as a ...

  8. Book claims Jesus had a wife and kids - AOL

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    A writer for the Daily Mail points out in the '50s, the book "The Last Temptation Of Christ" suggested that they married after Jesus was taken down from the cross. Martin Scorsese turned the idea ...

  9. Homosexual clergy in the Catholic Church - Wikipedia

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    He is most widely known for his international best-seller, What the Bible Really Says about Homosexuality. [40] Mychal Judge, O.F.M. (aka Michael Fallon Judge, May 11, 1933 – September 11, 2001), was a Franciscan friar and Catholic priest who served as a chaplain to the New York City Fire Department. It was while serving in that capacity that ...