Re: The History of Celibacy in Christianity
In fact, celibacy is a Roman military custom. Marriage was forbidden to the legionnaires of the professional imperial army. When the Church became
the Roman Church, in 313, this typical latin custom of celibacy passed on to Christianism.
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