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2007 Catholic Press Association Award Winner! Mandatory celibacy for Latin rite Catholic priests has been the norm for almost 900 years. Now the clergy sexual abuse scandal and the rapidly declining number of priests have pushed many of the faithful to the point of questioning this tradition of the church. To this sometimes tense discussion of sex and power Donald Cozzens brings his signature calmness, his own gifted experience of celibate life, and his talent for distilling the spiritual truth of the human condition. Cozzens explores priestly celibacy as source of power and burden of obligation, as spiritual calling and gift of the Spirit. Putting mandatory celibacy in historic perspective, he examines the ancient and contemporary experience of married clergy in the Eastern churches and the Roman rite church. It is time, he concludes, to set celibacy free from canonical mandate to become what it is meant to a graced way of life for some but not all of the church's ordained ministers.

Who reads Freeing Celibacy?

Author

Donald Bernard Cozzens

Publisher

Collegeville, Minn.: Liturgical Press

Published

2006

Language

EN

ISBN

9780814631607

Category

religious

Subjects

Christian, Religion, Philosophy

Rating

4.3 / 5 (14 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14