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Ad Catholici Sacerdotii §41 — Tolle Lege

Encyclicals (Pre-V2)

Pope Pius XI

Ad Catholici Sacerdotii §41

Ad Catholici Sacerdotii

⁴¹ Though this law does not bind, in all its amplitude, clerics of the Oriental Churches, yet among them also, ecclesiastical celibacy is revered; indeed in some cases, especially in the higher Orders of the Hierarchy, it is a necessary and obligatory requisite.

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Source: Ad Catholici Sacerdotii (Vatican.va)