Freeing Celibacy |
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| Author:
| Cozzens, Donald B. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-920721-30-5 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2006 |
| Publisher: | Garratt Publishing
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $19.95 |
Book Description:
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Donald Cozzens explores priestly celibacy as source of power and burden of obligation, as spiritual calling and gift of the Spirit. Putting mandatory celibacy in historical perspective, he examines the ancient and contemporary experience of married clergy in the Eastern churches and the Roman rite church. In his signature calmness and his talent for distilling the spiritual truth, he concludes that it is time to set celibacy free from canonical mandate to become what it is meant to be:...
More DescriptionDonald Cozzens explores priestly celibacy as source of power and burden of obligation, as spiritual calling and gift of the Spirit. Putting mandatory celibacy in historical perspective, he examines the ancient and contemporary experience of married clergy in the Eastern churches and the Roman rite church. In his signature calmness and his talent for distilling the spiritual truth, he concludes that it is time to set celibacy free from canonical mandate to become what it is meant to be: a graced way of life for some but not for all of the churchs ordained ministers.