A married priest on celibacy

Fr. Dwight Longenecker

Friday, January 17, 2020

Celibacy is the greatest tool the Church has in order to assist and strengthen that configuration of the man to Christ. This is why celibacy is a discipline of the church and not a dogma. It is a tool Christ gives his church so that his priests might most effectively be configured to him.
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