Chapter One: Celibacy – A Historical Perspective (Part 1)

Why is there a divergence in discipline between East and West, and how did this come about? How explain that the East insists rigidly on celibacy for bishops, but encourages a married clergy? Why in the East is it normal that there are married priests, but at the same time it was never permitted to a man to marry after he had been ordained?

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