https://www.catholic.com/video/why-cant-catholic-priests-get-married Peter’s style in the comments section was casual/IM…thus, without punctuation or capitalizations. 8) Priests would personally learn a … They can't get married because it used to be sons inherited their father's property. However, I don’t think married priests are going to be the panacea that we are hoping for because you need to have practicing catholic men that WANT to become priests. But there are exceptions to the rule of celibacy. Colm Fitzpatrick January 9, 2020. To answer this question I am posting a discussion I had in the comments section of Priesthood of all Believers . 5) A married priest can be just as holy and dedicated as a single priest. Why can’t priests get married? One thing is for sure. 6) God leads many ministers of the Gospel around to world to get married. 7) Doing something "for the sake of tradition" is not always a good enough reason. Emperor Constantine rejected a blanket ban on married men being ordained as priests in 325 at the Council of Nicaea. The married priesthood is not unbiblical per se (i.e., Peter was married), but their is much scriptural and historical evidence supporting celibate priests. First I’m going to give you the party line, which definitely has some truth to it, and then some psychological factors which may have even more. Allowing married priests would solve the vocations crisis: It’s true that giving up marriage is a huge sacrifice, but so is getting married. Clerical marriage is admitted among Protestants, including both Anglicans and Lutherans.. If priests were allowed to marry the Vatican would have lost a lot of money and real estate property. Questions of Faith . Some priests had wives, others did not. (CBS News) For centuries, the Roman Catholic Church has had a very firm rule - if you're a priest, you can't get married. Don Lester - 8/4/2003 . I think this "man-made" rule is nuts. Why Can’t Catholic Priests Get Married? 1 3 A family man has to put his family first, not the Church. Clerical marriage is a term used to describe the practice of allowing Christian clergy (those who have already been ordained) to marry.This practice is distinct from allowing married persons to become clergy. The tradition of single priests is Canon law, not a dogma, which means it is not set in stone, and could change. I am also a member of the Ordinariate and don’t see any reason why married priests can’t be an integral part of the western church where we are struggling to find good priests. The topic of married priests is hotly debated in Catholic circles today – the Bible tells us that man must leave his mother and father to be joined to his wife, so why is this injunction not applied to the clergy?