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Old 09-22-2007, 11:41 AM   #139 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by chankya View Post
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.
Point taken. Although nuns and Vestals have to be chaste, so it's still a similarity there.
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