Joseph Michael Bay wrote:

> "Charles Wm. Dimmick" > writes:
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>
>>Bob Ward wrote:
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>> > The monk came out of the archives, his face ashen.".... the word was
>>
>>>CelebRate...."
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>
>>Which joke never worked for me, knowing full well that
>>being celibate was never a requirement before the Council
>>of Trent. And even there, although "caelibatus" is in the
>>Latin of the proceedings, as is also the word "celebratus",
>>there would be no way to confuse the two in context.
>
>
> Never worked for me because "celebrate" is a verb. What
> would it say, "priests have to remain celebrate"? Durr.
>
>
For more on celibacy within the Church, see:

http://www.cbcisite.com/Celibacyincatholicchurch.htm

Charles