Fundamentalist attacks on priestly celibacy come in a number of
different forms—not all compatible with one another. There is almost no
other subject about which so many different confusions exist.
The first and most basic confusion is thinking of priestly celibacy as a dogma or doctrine—a central and irreformable part of the faith, believed by Catholics to come from Jesus and the apostles.
http://www.catholic.com/tracts/celibacy-and-the-priesthood
The first and most basic confusion is thinking of priestly celibacy as a dogma or doctrine—a central and irreformable part of the faith, believed by Catholics to come from Jesus and the apostles.
http://www.catholic.com/tracts/celibacy-and-the-priesthood