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Which Christian Churches allow ministers/priests to get married?

Asked by talljasperman (21916points) June 14th, 2013
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In Canada.

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2davidc8's avatar

That I know of, most protestant denominations, and also Greek Orthodox. In Canada or not.

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cazzie's avatar

Isn’t it just the Catholic church that does not allow their priests to marry? I don’t know of any other Christian organised group that forbids marriage by their ‘leaders’.

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JLeslie's avatar

I’m with @cazzie. The only one I know that can’t marry is the Catholics.

JLeslie (65473points)“Great Answer” (1points)
Judi's avatar

I’ve been Lutheran and United Church of Christ and both of them do. Can Orthodox priests marry?

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JLeslie's avatar

@Judi Now that you mention it, I think some priests in eastern orthodox can’t marry and some can. I’m not clear on it.

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SadieMartinPaul's avatar

I believe that some (all?) orthodox priests can be married if they were already married before ordination. They can’t get married after they’ve become priests.

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2davidc8's avatar

@SadieMartinPaul @JLeslie Depends on which “orthodox”. There’s Greek Orthodox, Russian Orthodox, Serbian Orthodox…

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FutureMemory's avatar

Um, all of them?

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