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How should we think about clerical celibacy? Is it an "invention" of the Church intended for pastoral purposes? Or is clerical celibacy rooted in the priestly ministry of Jesus Christ? What to make of married priests in the early centuries of the Church and in Eastern-rite Catholicism and Orthodoxy today? How did clerical celibacy develop? What are its theological foundations? Cardinal Stickler, a theological expert at Vatican II, an eminent canon lawyer, and church historian, answers those and

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Author

Alfons Maria Cardinal Stickler

Publisher

Ignatius Press

Published

2019

Language

EN

ISBN

9781642290967

Category

religious

Subjects

Christian, Religion

Updated

2026-03-25