22 October 2021

Catechesis: Marriage of Priests

We cannot approve this law about celibacy that the adversaries defend, because it conflicts with divine and natural law and disagrees with the very canons of the councils. It is clearly superstitious and dangerous. It produces countless scandals, sins, and corruption of public morals.—Ap XXIII:6

2 comments:

Weekend Fisher said...

I'm interested in reading more from the same source. The abbreviations used here are not familiar to me. Could you provide a more complete citation?

Thank you,
Anne K

William Weedon said...

Apology to the Augsburg Confession, Article 23, paragraph 6 (according to *Concordia: A Reader’s Edition*)