https://doi.org/10.21852/sem.2011.29.04
The article is a reflection on the priesthood and the celibate related with it. The celibate is a topic that causes the discussion over the scandal of pedophilia in the Church, and although there is stressed in the media that no such sexual abuse should be combined with the requirement of the celibacy, these events indirectly provoked a discussion on the meaning of the celibacy and the need for the celibacy in the contemporary reality. There are some who maintains that because of the new look at celibacy is needed. The others ask questions about the origins and the original understanding of the celibacy. Did the medieval canonists and thinkers understand the celibacy in the same way as nowadays? What does the celibacy of a deacon and the priest mean today? What about the married priests of other religious communities, who are asking for the inclusion in the Latin Church? What is the procedure for receiving the dispensation from the celibacy? Is the celibacy with the tomorrow’s Church? Such questions and their answers constitute the main contents of the study.
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