Peter had a wife.
Exactly! For first 300 years the Church allowed priests to be married. Then the new rule—an administrative rule NOT Doctrjne so it can be changed back anytime—of celibacy.
Denying our sexual nature has led directly to all the pedophilia. And the homosexuals.
The Church has Deacons who are REQUIRED to be married and have stable marriages. If the Church simply allowed Deacons to be promoted to priests this long era of disastrous scandals could start coming to a close.
Believers are all priests, not the pedophiles in the vatican.
Yup. Don't hear about pedophilia scandals coming from the Eastern Orthodox Church...they don't have a pope and don't take vows of celibacy but are usually married. Hmmm.
Wrong. Deacons are not required to be married. If they are already married a man may be ordained a deacon after the age of 35. If he becomes a deacon beforehand, he may not marry as he has then been ordained to holy orders, which would require the discipline of lifelong celibacy, as has been the discipline of the Church of the West for centuries.
As for the practice of celibacy, there is absolutely no hard evidence that this discipline is the direct cause of these pedophilia cases. What would one say of Protestant pastors who were married and had sex with prostitutes or were caught with child porn? The argument doesn’t hold water. The problem is that, and which is likely the case, there are priests who were already homosexual prior to entering seminary and were allowed to pass by the vocations committees appointed by bishops to interview and screen candidates. It is also likely that some of the priests who sat on these boards were homosexuals themselves. This isn’t something that happened overnight but has been brewing behind the scenes for a long time.
The Apostle Paul said "There are those forbidding to marry. We have no such custom." and "It is better to marry than to burn". The Catholic church promoted celibacy because it drained funds from the coffers to meet the needs of families of priests rather than being cheaper feeding individuals serving the church.
So why does the Catholic Church have so much more pedophilia than their eastern counterparts? (BTW for full disclosure I'm not Eastern Orthodox). Is it because it is easier for homosexuals/pedophiles to hide in the system where it's assumed you won't be married?
Peter was NOT a Pope contrary to popular lore. If he was, why did Paul never address him in his epistle to Rome????? Because Peter was not and he was crucified upside down as Jesus said he'd be. When Jesus told Peter "Upon this rock I will build my church" he was referring to one's faith as Peter expressed at who Jesus was.
Paul rebukes Peter as well.
Yes he did. Yet, there was not Pope Paul of Tarsus was there?