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Old 09-16-2007, 15:54 PM   #105 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by entropy View Post
celibacy of priests,
I'm pretty sure the Roman college of priests was not required to be celibate. JC surely was not. And he was Pontifex Maximus after 63BCE. Only the vestal virgins who tended the fires of Vesta fit the bill.

Not to take away from your message but just pointing out what I thought was an error.
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