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On the Marriage of Priests
We cannot approve the law of celibacy put forth by our opponents because it clashes with divine and natural law and conflicts with the very decrees of councils. It obviously endangers religion and morality, for it produces endless scandals, sins, and the corruption of public morals. Our other controversies call for some theological discussion, but in this one the situation is so clear that no discussion is necessary, only the judgment of any honest and God-fearing man.
Apology XXIII.6
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I am personally very grateful that this is our confession.
The reference in Ap.XXIII.6 to "divine and natural law" is significant. Subsequent paragraphs (7-12) discuss more about divine and natural law and about marriage as a specific example of "a natural right" of man from birth, which cannot be removed by human law.
The application of these statements in the Apology to other natural rights is left as an exercise to the reader.
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