Well, I certainly am not a Catholic, farthest from, but I did appreciate that, surprisingly wise words and a surprising source. So, as I have now rededicated my life several years ago now to be a set apart disciple of Christ I also now see that I have been called to walk out a pure consecrated life, and celibacy being part of that call that I have heard. Thank you, well said.
That was edifying. This puts understanding of Paul's message to the deepest context. Celibacy as a participation to the Marriage of the Lamb. God bless you, Dr. West!
1 Timothy 3:4-5: He must manage his own family well and see that his children obey him, and he must do so in a manner worthy of full respect. If anyone does not know how to manage his own family, how can he take care of God’s church?
An unmarried man is concerned about the Lord’s affairs-how he can please the Lord. 33But a married man is concerned about the affairs of this world-how he can please his wife- 34and his interests are divided. An unmarried woman or virgin is concerned about the Lord’s affairs: Her aim is to be devoted to the Lord in both body and spirit. But a married woman is concerned about the affairs of this world-how she can please her husband. 35I am saying this for your own good, not to restrict you, but that you may live in a right way in undivided devotion to the Lord 1 Corinthians 7:33
@@erim9175 You can easily see that he is talking about the laity here and he's not forcing people to commit to celibacy. But if they cannot exercise self-control, they should marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion' (1 Corinthians 7:9)
In the preamble to this 1967 encyclical, Pope Paul VI admitted that "the New TESTAMENT, which preserves the teaching of Christ and the Apostles DOES NOT demand celibacy of sacred ministers." Even The Catholic Encyclopedia admits that Rome has been accused of using celibacy as a device "to ensure the subjection of the clergy to the central authority of the Roman See."
In my heart, I felt called to give myself fully to God. I've always long for love and the more I search for love in this world I find myself miserable. Maybe my vocation is to be celibate for God? 😅
If you want to be unmarried and devoted to the Kingdom then ok, do it. But to require of priests not to marry is not biblical! Romanist doctrine FORBIDS priests to marry. Some might think that this practice of forbidding to marry doesn't exist in the Bible. They would be wrong. ! Timothy 4 1Now the Spirit manifestly saith that in the last times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to *spirits of error and doctrines of devils*, 2Speaking lies in hypocrisy and having their conscience seared, 3*Forbidding to marry*, to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving by the faithful and by them that have known the truth. Titus 1:8 If any be without crime, the *husband of one wife, having faithful children*, not accused of riot, or unruly. Priestly celibacy is a practice that lead to so much evil and there is no way to sugarcoat it with theories such as these. You sir, are wrong!
Did this man use any scripture to make his point, or was it all quotes from him and popes? After watching this I literally feel like the guy in Billy Madison who listened to his answer about literature and the industrial revolution.
These reasons came after the ban to give a spiritual reason for the ban. But priests were allowed to marry for hundreds of years. Why not just tell the whole story?
Because before the 11th century Roman Catholic priests could not only marry but they could own and pass on PROPERTY. And know that this was a time when the Catholic priest was the centre of the community. He was the most beloved and trusted person in the countryside. He would receive gifts of land, gold, and other favours and concessions from rich and often noble patrons. When the priest died, however, this property would be inherited by the priest's legitimate children. The church soon realized they might loose all these assets to an arising priestly class. So the solution was to require priests to be celibate so that the church would retain the properties and wealth. The consequence of this was that any natural wives and children of priests (And make no mistake, there were lots--take note the canonical definition of "celibacy" was to refrain from marriage. Extramarital sexual conduct was tolerated, even expected, so long as it was kept quiet) were made illegitimate and thereby disinherited and left to a life of poverty and ostracism. The theological explanation of CHASTITY, an aecetic discipline--while perhaps valid for monastic orders--was as @KLR said added on later to repackage the financial neccesity of clerical celibacy. Say what you will, history bears witness that clerical celibacy was more about REAL ESTATE than real faith.
The RCC does not want people to know the origin of celibacy requirement; they’d prefer just to trace it back to “well Jesus was celibate😑. They don’t want people to know the origin because the origin is sketchy and reflects badly on the RCC and they don’t want to lose their numbers or status or status as the “true church”😒👎🏻it’s dishonest
As a Catholic, I have to admit some of the Dogma I do not believe. The worst part for me is you cannot question any of the teachings or even ask why. A Catholic Priest thinks he is actually married to the Church, which I do not understand. I believe God created man and woman to be fruitful in marriage, having kids, etc.; he said to be fruitful and multiply; this is NOT sinful but a wonderful thing about sexuality. There are not too many verses on celibacy, especially spoken by Jesus. BTW, Paul could have been gay. I do not believe what this guy is explaining; it's too far-fetched.
I was sat next to the Priest at a wedding, and he straight up told me that the celibacy thing has been tossed around a lot. Bottom line was the church didn’t want to pay for families, as they would have to provide health insurance, housing…all that shit.
That priest needs to be educated in the real reason. Learn the true catholicism. Priests are100% dedicated to GOD. Distractions take him from being GODs servant. He's concerned about outside needs.
@@chrisobrien6254um I'm a little stupid I'm sure. But how does the church have to share property with off spring. Other churches provide a house to a minister ,but when he does it doesn't go to the family.
Priests are married to Christs Bride. They choose the sacrifice of celibacy and give their life to Christ. They cannot be married twice. ( to Christ's bride and another woman). The key word here is Choose, they wish to be devoted to Christ. The flock they shepherd are their family.
How can priest be married to Christ’s bride if it’s Christ’s bride? 😂 Maybe you should say Priest serve Christ bride. Priest are the bridesmaids. 😂 joking only a little though.
@@chrisobrien6254 We all serve God in our own way. We're all called to different tasks. Who said we are all one and the same? Some Nuns and Monks serve the community while others remain hidden in lives of solitude. Whats so wrong in choosing a life of celibacy for Christ?
when i tell relatives and friends about jesus, first thing they argue is why do priest show up on the news about child molestation lol then im like uhh dont put me in that same group as those catholic priests haha they couldnt control their fantasies.....Paul does say have a wife so you dont burn with lust haha
Unfortunately there are perverse people who try to cover up their wicked issues with a vocation, and these things happen (abuses), this people don’t have an authentic call to serve Christ in the priesthood, however for those who do have this call, the celibate life It should be the fullness of this service, however in my opinion, the celibacy should be handled as in the Eastern Catholic Churches or the Orthodox Church, that is, celibacy exclusively for monks, and not for priests in general.
Ask the Baptist & other religious church's that question. They had/have sexual abuse. Infidelity between pastor/ female members. Fact: with the Catholic church, these cases went back 50-60yes . Facf:. The problem was homosexuality. They were hitting on the young priests. The seminaries had problems with this. Few cases were of clergy hitting on children or females. The Baptist church had over 700 cases in 1 church. The boy scouts had numerous cases. Homosexuality hitting in the young. The Catholic church installed stricter entry rules for admission into seminaries. Note in recent years there'd been no reports . Any organization that is male oriented are great hunting grounds for homosexuality. We even had this problem in the Civil air patrol. Pls get facts straight.
Because majority of priests are having homosexual sex , doesn't make them practitioners of celibacy. Until the church cracks down on homosexualality in the seminaries, my statement is true.
Majority of priests are not having homosexual sex. That is a minority of them. They are very loud and has a lot of power at the moment. Please do not insult our good honest holy priests this way. This is just like saying majority of Drs are killing patients or majority of teachers are pedos etc when there is a small group of people who really are fallen and have issues. Unfortunately there is a movement to infiltrate the Catholic Church. But she is holy and will always be holy. And the majority of our priests are good holy , hard working men who has given up their lives for Christ and His church.
Easy and correct answer. They didn’t want to lose the priests land and inheritance estate to go to the wife and children, they wanted it all for themselves. I say that as an IRISH CATHOLIC. Do not gaslight people
Priests don’t get married because they didn’t want nepotism in the church at the time that they made required celibacy a thing. You can put as many spiritual spins on it as you want but ultimately that’s why it became a requirement.
@@drBrunoPessi it’s not an earthly spin; it’s history. They church itself cannot deny that. The church is the one that puts a spiritual spin on the things they’ve done and the disciplines they’ve put in place, and the decisions they’ve made.
Celibacy is great when you are called to it and do it voluntarily out of your heart for God. But it should not be required of priests. They should be allowed to get married (yes - after ordination). There's nothing even remotely intrinsically wrong with it. In fact, while celibacy is ideal for ministers, there are nevertheless benefits to married clergy as well. Leave mandatory celibacy to the monks and friars that live together in community. Secular diocesan priests/Bishops are different.
There's actually a fair amount of theology that goes into why ordained priests (and deacons, who are often married men in the Church in America) can't get married or re-married after being ordained (unless layicized). He didn't get into it here, but it's worth digging into.
@@JP2GiannaT There's no objective reason why it doesn't happen. It's a matter of discipline. If ordination was an objective impediment to matrimony, then laicized priests couldn't get married.
Except that they're no longer allowed to say mass, hear confessions, or otherwise act as a priest by their bishop. That's not an ontological change, but it's a pretty substantial one.
@@JP2GiannaT not allowed, but still fully capable. these are matters of discipline and not related to ontology, or even theology really. Which is why married priests exist and say mass, hear confessions, etc
It just doesn’t make sense. You sacrifice your life by believing what you have been fed with. When you die christ will come and say, i never said that, it was just written in the bible by others after I passed Don’t be a fool
I enjoy listening to some of your videos but watching this was..... idk... its just ridiculous. You are trying so hard to justify or make sense of this catholic dogma. Including this, and that... trying to tie it all together to give support for this....Its just not there.
This whole year I've been crying because I want to be with someone, and you're telling me this is Disneyland. .... Why can't priests have celibate marriages then? .... 'So we properly call him Father.' Meanwhile, the church moves around priests every 4/6 years on a contract creating an abandonment of spiritual children. ... When a priest told me that he thought maybe I was made for celibate love I stabbed my leg with a pen 15 times until it bled through my leggings. Must have been Disneyland.
I understand your pain. I feel as you do. Did you mean chaste marriages or celibate marriage? I am attracted to priesthood, not celibacy. It seems like a torture chamber
@@joegigandet1415 This Roman Catholic church is full of deception. It allows married priests in its Eastern catholic rite. .... I've been looking into the Orthodox church lately. They have married priests too.
Well, I certainly am not a Catholic, farthest from, but I did appreciate that, surprisingly wise words and a surprising source. So, as I have now rededicated my life several years ago now to be a set apart disciple of Christ I also now see that I have been called to walk out a pure consecrated life, and celibacy being part of that call that I have heard. Thank you, well said.
That was edifying. This puts understanding of Paul's message to the deepest context. Celibacy as a participation to the Marriage of the Lamb. God bless you, Dr. West!
1 Timothy 3:4-5: He must manage his own family well and see that his children obey him, and he must do so in a manner worthy of full respect. If anyone does not know how to manage his own family, how can he take care of God’s church?
Yes that's the truth 😊
An unmarried man is concerned about the Lord’s affairs-how he can please the Lord. 33But a married man is concerned about the affairs of this world-how he can please his wife- 34and his interests are divided. An unmarried woman or virgin is concerned about the Lord’s affairs: Her aim is to be devoted to the Lord in both body and spirit. But a married woman is concerned about the affairs of this world-how she can please her husband. 35I am saying this for your own good, not to restrict you, but that you may live in a right way in undivided devotion to the Lord
1 Corinthians 7:33
@@erim9175 You can easily see that he is talking about the laity here and he's not forcing people to commit to celibacy.
But if they cannot exercise self-control, they should marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion' (1 Corinthians 7:9)
In the preamble to this 1967 encyclical, Pope Paul VI admitted that "the New TESTAMENT, which preserves the teaching of Christ and the Apostles DOES NOT demand celibacy of sacred ministers." Even The Catholic Encyclopedia admits that Rome has been accused of using celibacy as a device "to ensure the subjection of the clergy to the central authority of the Roman See."
In my heart, I felt called to give myself fully to God. I've always long for love and the more I search for love in this world I find myself miserable. Maybe my vocation is to be celibate for God? 😅
Two years and we haven’t fixed the thumbnail misspelling lol
What is your interpretation of :1 Timothy 4:1-5 ?
If you want to be unmarried and devoted to the Kingdom then ok, do it. But to require of priests not to marry is not biblical! Romanist doctrine FORBIDS priests to marry.
Some might think that this practice of forbidding to marry doesn't exist in the Bible. They would be wrong.
! Timothy 4
1Now the Spirit manifestly saith that in the last times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to *spirits of error and doctrines of devils*, 2Speaking lies in hypocrisy and having their conscience seared, 3*Forbidding to marry*, to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving by the faithful and by them that have known the truth.
Titus 1:8
If any be without crime, the *husband of one wife, having faithful children*, not accused of riot, or unruly.
Priestly celibacy is a practice that lead to so much evil and there is no way to sugarcoat it with theories such as these. You sir, are wrong!
Great video.
Did this man use any scripture to make his point, or was it all quotes from him and popes? After watching this I literally feel like the guy in Billy Madison who listened to his answer about literature and the industrial revolution.
These reasons came after the ban to give a spiritual reason for the ban. But priests were allowed to marry for hundreds of years. Why not just tell the whole story?
Because before the 11th century Roman Catholic priests could not only marry but they could own and pass on PROPERTY. And know that this was a time when the Catholic priest was the centre of the community. He was the most beloved and trusted person in the countryside. He would receive gifts of land, gold, and other favours and concessions from rich and often noble patrons. When the priest died, however, this property would be inherited by the priest's legitimate children. The church soon realized they might loose all these assets to an arising priestly class. So the solution was to require priests to be celibate so that the church would retain the properties and wealth. The consequence of this was that any natural wives and children of priests (And make no mistake, there were lots--take note the canonical definition of "celibacy" was to refrain from marriage. Extramarital sexual conduct was tolerated, even expected, so long as it was kept quiet) were made illegitimate and thereby disinherited and left to a life of poverty and ostracism. The theological explanation of CHASTITY, an aecetic discipline--while perhaps valid for monastic orders--was as @KLR said added on later to repackage the financial neccesity of clerical celibacy. Say what you will, history bears witness that clerical celibacy was more about REAL ESTATE than real faith.
@@robertjosephkleist2004 I couldn't have said it better in a million years. Well done sir.
@@enamrik Thank you!
The RCC does not want people to know the origin of celibacy requirement; they’d prefer just to trace it back to “well Jesus was celibate😑. They don’t want people to know the origin because the origin is sketchy and reflects badly on the RCC and they don’t want to lose their numbers or status or status as the “true church”😒👎🏻it’s dishonest
Yep. They had to spiritualize the ban, otherwise people would question its necessity and the church didn’t want to deal with that.
As a Catholic, I have to admit some of the Dogma I do not believe. The worst part for me is you cannot question any of the teachings or even ask why. A Catholic Priest thinks he is actually married to the Church, which I do not understand. I believe God created man and woman to be fruitful in marriage, having kids, etc.; he said to be fruitful and multiply; this is NOT sinful but a wonderful thing about sexuality. There are not too many verses on celibacy, especially spoken by Jesus. BTW, Paul could have been gay. I do not believe what this guy is explaining; it's too far-fetched.
The idea that your reward for suffering is heaven after death is very fundamental to behavior.
I was sat next to the Priest at a wedding, and he straight up told me that the celibacy thing has been tossed around a lot. Bottom line was the church didn’t want to pay for families, as they would have to provide health insurance, housing…all that shit.
That priest needs to be educated in the real reason.
Learn the true catholicism.
Priests are100% dedicated to GOD. Distractions take him from being GODs servant. He's concerned about outside needs.
Thank you for eplaining this
Mr rob galia and my self both are us crying Mr rob galia said our relationship has to end I am joining priesthood please pray for me
The bible says that we should not call anyone father.
So I can not get married mr rob galia please reply to me
Only the Roman rite is celibate. The Eastern Catholic rites do have married priests.
Roman rite didn’t want to share property with the offspring of priests.
@@chrisobrien6254um I'm a little stupid I'm sure. But how does the church have to share property with off spring. Other churches provide a house to a minister ,but when he does it doesn't go to the family.
I don’t know, still doesn’t make much sense.
This might be your best video yet. I really feel called to celibacy but i think i have some not so good understandings of it.
Priests are married to Christs Bride. They choose the sacrifice of celibacy and give their life to Christ. They cannot be married twice. ( to Christ's bride and another woman). The key word here is Choose, they wish to be devoted to Christ. The flock they shepherd are their family.
How can priest be married to Christ’s bride if it’s Christ’s bride? 😂 Maybe you should say Priest serve Christ bride. Priest are the bridesmaids. 😂 joking only a little though.
We’re all supposed to give our lives to Christ. Byzantine Catholics have married valid priests and saints. So you’re accusing those men of bigamy?
@@chrisobrien6254
We all serve God in our own way. We're all called to different tasks. Who said we are all one and the same? Some Nuns and Monks serve the community while others remain hidden in lives of solitude. Whats so wrong in choosing a life of celibacy for Christ?
@@simplyregina5364 I never said there was anything wrong with it.
@@chrisobrien6254
What are you on about? I accused men of bigamy? Who did i accuse of anything? I was explaining where I'm coming from
Beautiful!!!.thank u soooooo much. Dr.west.. I love u .GBU
Praise be to God.
how they control the URGE?
when i tell relatives and friends about jesus, first thing they argue is why do priest show up on the news about child molestation lol then im like uhh dont put me in that same group as those catholic priests haha they couldnt control their fantasies.....Paul does say have a wife so you dont burn with lust haha
Then so why so much sexual abuse in the church? 🙏🌺☦️🌺🙏
Unfortunately there are perverse people who try to cover up their wicked issues with a vocation, and these things happen (abuses), this people don’t have an authentic call to serve Christ in the priesthood, however for those who do have this call, the celibate life It should be the fullness of this service, however in my opinion, the celibacy should be handled as in the Eastern Catholic Churches or the Orthodox Church, that is, celibacy exclusively for monks, and not for priests in general.
Ask the Baptist & other religious church's that question. They had/have sexual abuse. Infidelity between pastor/ female members.
Fact: with the Catholic church, these cases went back 50-60yes . Facf:. The problem was homosexuality. They were hitting on the young priests. The seminaries had problems with this. Few cases were of clergy hitting on children or females.
The Baptist church had over 700 cases in 1 church. The boy scouts had numerous cases. Homosexuality hitting in the young.
The Catholic church installed stricter entry rules for admission into seminaries. Note in recent years there'd been no reports .
Any organization that is male oriented are great hunting grounds for homosexuality.
We even had this problem in the Civil air patrol.
Pls get facts straight.
That’s so beautiful ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Amen!
Well. This guy sounds like a grifter. Is that book he's reading from something he is selling?
Ask Pope Francis of Roman Catholic why Catholic priests cannot get married!
You could have just said devotion.
Because majority of priests are having homosexual sex , doesn't make them practitioners of celibacy. Until the church cracks down on homosexualality in the seminaries, my statement is true.
Majority of priests are not having homosexual sex. That is a minority of them. They are very loud and has a lot of power at the moment. Please do not insult our good honest holy priests this way. This is just like saying majority of Drs are killing patients or majority of teachers are pedos etc when there is a small group of people who really are fallen and have issues. Unfortunately there is a movement to infiltrate the Catholic Church. But she is holy and will always be holy. And the majority of our priests are good holy , hard working men who has given up their lives for Christ and His church.
Avoid marriage and follow celibacy
Easy and correct answer. They didn’t want to lose the priests land and inheritance estate to go to the wife and children, they wanted it all for themselves. I say that as an IRISH CATHOLIC. Do not gaslight people
This too spiritual from first listern . God is manifestly practical. This is not a strong scriptural argument. Its an ideology based on a philosophy.
Priests don’t get married because they didn’t want nepotism in the church at the time that they made required celibacy a thing. You can put as many spiritual spins on it as you want but ultimately that’s why it became a requirement.
You can put as many earthly spins on it as you want but ultimately the Catholic Church is guided by the Holy Spirit.
@@drBrunoPessi it’s not an earthly spin; it’s history. They church itself cannot deny that. The church is the one that puts a spiritual spin on the things they’ve done and the disciplines they’ve put in place, and the decisions they’ve made.
@@drBrunoPessi Where can I buy a dispensation? Asking for a friend.
It's all nice in theory, but in practice it enables sexual abuse within the church.
Celibacy is great when you are called to it and do it voluntarily out of your heart for God. But it should not be required of priests. They should be allowed to get married (yes - after ordination). There's nothing even remotely intrinsically wrong with it. In fact, while celibacy is ideal for ministers, there are nevertheless benefits to married clergy as well. Leave mandatory celibacy to the monks and friars that live together in community. Secular diocesan priests/Bishops are different.
There's actually a fair amount of theology that goes into why ordained priests (and deacons, who are often married men in the Church in America) can't get married or re-married after being ordained (unless layicized). He didn't get into it here, but it's worth digging into.
@@JP2GiannaT There's no objective reason why it doesn't happen. It's a matter of discipline. If ordination was an objective impediment to matrimony, then laicized priests couldn't get married.
Except that they're no longer allowed to say mass, hear confessions, or otherwise act as a priest by their bishop. That's not an ontological change, but it's a pretty substantial one.
@@JP2GiannaT not allowed, but still fully capable. these are matters of discipline and not related to ontology, or even theology really. Which is why married priests exist and say mass, hear confessions, etc
Yep. And they don't let their ordained priests marry, do they? They just ordain married men.
It just doesn’t make sense. You sacrifice your life by believing what you have been fed with. When you die christ will come and say, i never said that, it was just written in the bible by others after I passed
Don’t be a fool
I enjoy listening to some of your videos but watching this was..... idk... its just ridiculous. You are trying so hard to justify or make sense of this catholic dogma. Including this, and that... trying to tie it all together to give support for this....Its just not there.
He is selling coffee mugs, books, and online courses. A real man of God.
***NEWFOBIA***
Thanks for the fairytale story
This whole year I've been crying because I want to be with someone, and you're telling me this is Disneyland. .... Why can't priests have celibate marriages then? .... 'So we properly call him Father.' Meanwhile, the church moves around priests every 4/6 years on a contract creating an abandonment of spiritual children. ... When a priest told me that he thought maybe I was made for celibate love I stabbed my leg with a pen 15 times until it bled through my leggings. Must have been Disneyland.
I understand your pain. I feel as you do. Did you mean chaste marriages or celibate marriage? I am attracted to priesthood, not celibacy. It seems like a torture chamber
@@joegigandet1415 This Roman Catholic church is full of deception. It allows married priests in its Eastern catholic rite. .... I've been looking into the Orthodox church lately. They have married priests too.
@@joegigandet1415 Byzantine Catholics are allowed to marry.