Although an argument against this would be that by a priest having a wife and children may make him lose dedication and determination to priesthood.
The Church of England Church allows their priests to marry, but the Roman Catholic Church does not. I do not feel that by a priest being married it changes the priest dramatically they still feel their calling from God in the same way.
Priests have always been male in the Roman Catholic Church and unmarried and so to become married would not be tradition.
However if priests were allowed to be married there may be a increase in the number of priests, which may be a advantage to the Church as the number of people choosing priesthood as their vocation is declining.
All in all, I believe that priests being married would not necessarily be a major disadvantage to the Church. A wife could be as much an advantage as a disadvantage.
I think a wife could help support her husband through priesthood by being there for him when he may need her.
Examine the argument for ordaining women as priests.
There are many arguments to ordaining women. Ordaining women is not allowed in the Roman Catholic Church. One of the main reasons for this is that when Jesus chose his disciples he chose twelve men to follow him in his mission. He did not choose any women one reason may be that women where not very powerful in the time of the New Testament and men were more dominant. There was little equal rights then than there is today. What is stopping women being priests today as there should be equal opportunities?
When the disciples carried on Jesus’ mission they choose men to be priests and bishops and so this is a clear indication that Jesus may have only wanted men to carry his mission on.
However I feel that women have just as much right to become a priest as they may have the same or even more dedication than a man would have. They may feel their calling to the vocation. But it all lies down to tradition and it is not tradition for women to become priests and so it is seen as readily wrong.
If women can receive the sacrament of Holy Orders by being ordained as a deacon why not then that they be ordained as a priest or bishop.
A woman may be more understanding than a man and understand the difficulties that people may be going through. Some people feel that they can talk to women better than they can to men and so this would be an advantage to women priesthood.
The Church of England ordains women as priests and it has not harmed that church so why would it harm the Roman Catholic Church.
On the other hand Christ was a man and it is suggested that this was not accidental and it was the divine purpose. When some people think of the idea of a women being a priest they feel it not being right as they have always had the idea of a man being a priest.
All in all, I believe that the idea of women being priests is controversial. Many people would have different opinions to the idea. In my opinion I believe that women could be priests if they felt the calling from God and had the true determination to become a priest. I think that the Roman Catholic Church could consider equal rights in the church. Although I do agree with men being priests as this may have been Gods purpose as Jesus only choose men to be his disciples and men again to follow on his mission.
