Published: 2018-01-01

Celibacy of the clergy as an obstacle to marriage

Natalia Smolińska
Warszawskie Studia Pastoralne
Section: Artykuły
https://doi.org/10.21697/wsp.2017.12.1.34.03

Abstract

Study entitled „Celibacy as an obstacle to marriage” brings issues related to celibacy and dispensation from the obligation of his behavior. The text is divided into four points. The first presents the historical institution of celibacy ranging from biblical times through to the modern era, revealing the most important turning points in the development of celibacy of the clergy. The second point briefly describes the institutions of celibacy in the contemporary teaching of the Catholic Church, referring to the Code of Canon Law and the documents of Vatican II and the teaching of the last Bishops of Rome. Third point of the article presents the problem of ordination as an obstacle to marriage, referring to the canons of the Code of Canon Law. In the fourth part of the article discusses the issue of dispensation from celibacy, with a strong accent on the fact that the dispensation from celibacy is not a right for the priest, who give up priesthood is rather an act of grace granted after consideration of each situation individually, at the request of the person concerned.


Keywords:

celibacy, marriage, obstacle ordination, priesthood, virginity

Citation rules

Smolińska, N. (2018). Celibacy of the clergy as an obstacle to marriage. Warszawskie Studia Pastoralne, 1(34), 25–40. https://doi.org/10.21697/wsp.2017.12.1.34.03

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