Contrary to popular belief and teaching, the real reason for the imposition of celibacy on the Roman clergy was not due to questions concerning disputes of property inheritance, creating a freedom necessary for the cleric to dedicate himself wholly to his flock, etc., but was rather motivated and inspired by a manichaestic attitude and spirit towards the conjugal act. In a response to a question posed by the Sicilian bishops in regard to the marriage of deacons, Pope St. Gregory the Great told them that they could, in fact, marry, but were prohibited from involving themselves in the conjugal act! Can you believe such a response? No one wonder women make such sarcastic remarks in regard to a priest's strange, repressed and dry sexual attitude and mentality. Now what woman would ever want to marry a deacon after this orientation of Pope St. Gregory? Is he inviting her to a life of psychological torture? Can you imagine being invited by someone to a meal and then prohibited from smelling or consuming the food?
I realize that there are marriages in which both partners decide to freely and mutually renounce the use of the conjugal act, but this is something that they both personally decide and not something imposed on them by a religious authority.
Father Anthony Mellace
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