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Celibacy of the Clergy

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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Apr 18, 1900

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 26, No. 16.

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Celibacy of the Clergy

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The celibacy of the clergy, Monsignor Martinelli, the papal delegate to this country, tells us in Harper's Bazar is not a doctrine of the Church of Rome, but merely disciplinary. It is "in no sense an article of faith." It was decreed by Gregory VII., and the order could be withdrawn by Leo XIII. This we have noted before.