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Celibacy: Gift or Law?
Heinz J. Vogels
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Paperback. Num Pages: 138 pages. BIC Classification: HRCC7; HRCM; HRCX4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 159.
The Catholic Church is at present tearing itself to pieces over the issue of the law of clerical celibacy. It might seem to some only a marginal or administrative problem, but it in fact goes to the heart of the matter on every side of modern church life. It is, of course, first of all an issue of sexuality, originall deriving from a beleife that all sex produces moral impurity. But it has gone on to become an issue about power, about pastoral care, and about sheer honesty. The publication in English of Vogel's scholaraly study of the subject is ... Read more
The Catholic Church is at present tearing itself to pieces over the issue of the law of clerical celibacy. It might seem to some only a marginal or administrative problem, but it in fact goes to the heart of the matter on every side of modern church life. It is, of course, first of all an issue of sexuality, originall deriving from a beleife that all sex produces moral impurity. But it has gone on to become an issue about power, about pastoral care, and about sheer honesty. The publication in English of Vogel's scholaraly study of the subject is ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Sheed & Ward
Number of pages
138
Condition
New
Number of Pages
138
Place of Publication
Kansas City, United States
ISBN
9781556126536
SKU
V9781556126536
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99-15
About Heinz J. Vogels
Heinz J. Vogels was born in Berlin in 1933 and ordained a priest i 1959. He obatained a doctorate in theoloy in 1975 and in 1978 published the original version of this book. In 1979 he married Renate Schwarz and was suspended from his priestly duties. Since 1986 he has been a member of the executive committee of the International ... Read more
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