{"id":48319,"date":"2019-07-18T14:05:07","date_gmt":"2019-07-18T19:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/?p=48319"},"modified":"2019-07-21T09:25:28","modified_gmt":"2019-07-21T14:25:28","slug":"16-theses-on-celibacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2019\/07\/18\/16-theses-on-celibacy\/","title":{"rendered":"16 Theses on Celibacy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The book by renowned historian Hubert Wolf, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.de\/Z%C3%B6libat-16-Thesen-Hubert-Wolf\/dp\/3406741851\/ref=sr_1_1?__mk_de_DE=%C3%85M%C3%85%C5%BD%C3%95%C3%\">Z\u00f6libat: 16 Thesen<\/a><\/em> (\u201cCelibacy: 16 Theses\u201d), appeared today at Amazon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery alignleft columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"244\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Zoelibat-244x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"48321\" data-link=\"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/?attachment_id=48321\" class=\"wp-image-48321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Zoelibat-244x400.jpg 244w, https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Zoelibat-183x300.jpg 183w, https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Zoelibat.jpg 305w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 244px) 100vw, 244px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>This seems intended as a somewhat provocative or even polemical statement of the author\u2019s strong opposition to mandatory celibacy. In the context of the upcoming Amazon synod, ongoing scandals, and Pope Francis\u2019s efforts to renew and reform the church, the book is timely. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I admit to mixed feelings about this topic. My heart aches\nfor people who have little or no access to Eucharist because of the priest\nshortage, and I feel I must be open to a change in discipline which would\naddress this. But I would also regret if the Roman Catholic church were to lose\nthe distinctive witness of a celibate clergy. And as a Benedictine monk, I\nworry a bit about our ability as a church to maintain the celibate witness of\nthe religious orders if celibacy is not part of the normal fabric of church\nlife experienced by every cradle Catholic from little on up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I haven\u2019t read Wolf\u2019s book yet. Amazon.de allows me to \u201cLook\ninside\u201d <em>(Blick ins Buch)<\/em> and retrieve\nthe 16 theses from the table of contents. They are given below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of course the wordings of the theses are brief to pack a\npunch. I\u2019m sure that Wolf offers more scholarly nuance in the book itself. But\n#2\u2019s reference to \u201cpriests\u201d in the New Testament is a bit anachronistic; the\nuse of the unflattering term \u201cconvert\u201d in #11 is unfortunate; the developments <em>(Neues)<\/em> since Vatican II sound to me\nlike something in place for 2000 years, ever since Ephesians was written; in\n#13 and #16 I take it he means the abolition of <em>mandatory<\/em> celibacy, not all celibacy; and of course #14 is\ndisputed, and objective examination of the available data seems to suggest more\nthan one possible conclusion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Be that as it may \u2013 let the discussion continue. I offer Wolf\u2019s 16 theses as a helpful means for both defenders and skeptics of mandatory celibacy to see more clearly which issues call out for further investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><strong>1. Taboos have fallen. <\/strong>The priest shortage and accusations of abuse force the Vatican to address celibacy.<\/p><p><strong>2. The mother-in-law of Peter.<\/strong> Celibacy cannot be justified biblically, since there are of course married bishops, priests, and deacons in the New Testament.<\/p><p><strong>3. Celibacy is not the same as celibacy.<\/strong> Not only were there entirely different understandings of it in various eras; the regulations had to be repeatedly renewed, modified, and implemented against great resistance.<\/p><p><strong>4. Pre-Christian origins.<\/strong> The notion of cultic purity of the priest derives from Jewish and pagan antiquity and no longer fits our era.<\/p><p><strong>5. Jesus was no Stoic.<\/strong> The ideal of the ascetic priest goes back to notions of the philosophical life in antiquity and does not correspond to the model of Jesus.<\/p><p><strong>6. Economic roots.<\/strong> Abstention from marriage in the Middle Ages and early modernity ensured that clergy would not bequest church resources at their disposal to their children.<\/p><p><strong>7.\u00a0 Flying the flag in doctrinal battles.<\/strong> In the Reformation and Counter Reformation era, celibacy served as a mark of distinction from Protestants.<\/p><p><strong>8. Priests too have human rights. <\/strong>Since the Enlightenment, the critique of celibacy as violation against nature has radicalized advocates of celibacy.<\/p><p><strong>9. The leap into other realms. <\/strong>Since other justifications no longer held, Paul VI exalted celibacy spiritually.<\/p><p><strong>10.<\/strong> <strong>It works without celibacy too.<\/strong> In the Eastern Catholic churches there are married Catholic priests as a matter of course.<\/p><p><strong>11. Ever more exceptions.<\/strong> Protestant and Anglican pastors who convert to Catholicism receive priestly ordination with a papal dispensation.<\/p><p><strong>12. Developments in sexuality.<\/strong> Since the Second Vatican Council, marriage is seen as an image of the covenant between Christ and his church and cannot be the reason to prohibit priestly service.<\/p><p><strong>13. Not a dogma.<\/strong> Catholic church teaching allows for the abolition of celibacy at any time.<\/p><p><strong>14. Dangerous promises.<\/strong> Obligatory abstention from marriage is a risk factor with respect to sexual abuse by priests.<\/p><p><strong>15. Weighing goods.<\/strong> Faced with a choice between ameliorating the priest shortage or retaining celibacy, the Church must decide in the interest of the Eucharist which is necessary for salvation over celibacy which is not.<\/p><p><strong>16. The old system has come to an end.<\/strong> The abolition of celibacy as an instrument of retaining power must be part of a foundational reform of the hierarchical clerical system.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>awr<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the context of the upcoming Amazon synod, ongoing scandals, and Pope Francis\u2019s efforts to renew and reform the church, the book is timely. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":48322,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3117,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-scholarship-new-ws","category-ordained-ministry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>16 Theses on Celibacy - 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