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A.J. Barker's avatar

Love the observation of nuns being integral to modeling virtue for women more broadly. Absolute gold. Great article my man!

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Jim H's avatar

Great article. I appreciate that you have the courage to speak hard truths. I love my protestant brothers, especially when they start questioning the efficacy of the enlightenment... But the reformation was the satanic key that unlocked that box of secular evils. God bless you and your family Will.

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LadyofShalott's avatar

Very interesting piece on Protestantism. The sodomites and polygamists certainly weren’t happy about the outcome of Ireland’s very recent referendum, which proposed changing the definition of ‘the family’ and the role of ‘the mother’ as protected in the Constitution. When Catholic Ireland (which still exists outside of Dublin) gave him ‘two wallops’, the Indian/Irish sodomite Prime Minister jumped before he was pushed.

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John's avatar

Well written as always, Will. The implications and consequences of Protestantism are far further reaching than most Protestants are willing to admit.

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Tom Green's avatar

Some of the apostles were married, Will.

Matthew 8:14, 1 Corinthians 9:5

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Will Knowland's avatar

No, that Protestant misconception is covered extensively in Catholic apologetics. Peter was a widower when he became an apostle.

But even today, for Eastern Rite Catholics, married men may become priests. So even if Peter was already married then became an apostle and stayed married, it's irrelevant.

The essential point is that *unmarried* priests may not marry, and Christ extolled celibacy in the service of the kingdom of God.

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Edwin Dean's avatar

👍🏻

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Tom Green's avatar

Quick question: why were Catholic priests forbidden to marry in the the 11th century?

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Will Knowland's avatar

That's when the Vatican Council defined the rule formally, but Catholic priests didn't marry before either. No Apostles married.

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Emmet Clarke's avatar

I'd read an entire large book on this subject.

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Will Knowland's avatar

'Degenerate Moderns' by E Michael Jones covers the C20th well but doesn't focus on Protestantism.

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