130. “The first pronouncement that celibacy be required for priests was issued in 305 during the Council of Elvira in Spain. ...the Council ruled that all men engaged in performing priestly functions refrain from enjoying the company of women - wives included - else forsake their priesthood.” - p. 279, The Christian Book of Why, by Lutheran professor and minister Dr. John C. McCollister, NY, 1983.
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