title: The Case for Clerical Celibacy: Its Historical Development and Theological Foundations
author: Cardinal Alphonso Stickler
description: A wealth of information on the history of celibacy for the clergy of the Catholic Church-in the East and the West. Particularly impressive are his arguments showing that celibacy is necessarily connected to the priesthood of Jesus Christ. It is refreshing to find a book on celibacy that is rooted in Scripture, the Fathers of the Church and the Magisterium. --<strong>-Fr. Kenneth Baker, S.J.</strong>, Editor, <i>Homiletic &amp; Pastoral Review</i>
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  ana. Cardinal stickler
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  THE CASE FOR CLERICAL CELIBACY
  
  ALFONS MARIA CARDINAL STICKLER
  THE CASE FOR
  CLERICAL CELIBACY
  Its Historical Development and
  Theological Foundations
  Translated by Father Brian Ferme
  IGNATIUS PRESS
  SAN FRANCISCO
  
  Title of the German original:
  Der Klerikerzolibat
  Seine Entwicklungsgeshichte und seine theologischen Grundlagen
  © 1993 Krai Verlag, Abensberg, Germany
  Cover art: Duccio di Buoninsegna
  The Calling of the Apostles Peter and Andrew
  Samuel H. Kress Collection
  © 1995 Board of Trustees, National Gallery of Art
  Washington
  Cover design by Roxanne Mei Lum
  © 1995 Ignatius Press, San Francisco
  ISBN 0-89870-533-9
  Library of Congress catalogue number 94-79297
  Printed in the United States of America
  
  CONTENTS
  Introduction
  7
  I
  Concept and Method
  11
  II The Development in the Latin Church
  ...
  21
  III Th