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Paul, believed that all things material were acceptable as long as they were given proper thanks for. This really puts the idea of dualism in the marriage status and of the superiority of any of the two approaches on a very clear perspective: marriage, including for the clergy, has been regarded as something sacred in the Scriptures and, as a consequence, there is nothing more superior about leading a monastic life, just a matter of spiritual option.

Chapter 6 goes back to a concept that has been previously mentioned in chapter 1, the principle of economia. The principle of economia, as shown, referred to the capacity of the prelate to change or bypass existing religious regulation. In the paragraphs I am referring to, Joseph Allen discusses how this can be applied to the marriage of the clergy, in several distinct situations, such as marriage after consecration or marriage of a widowed priest.

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The paragraphs again emphasize the usefulness of the concept of economia as a way of adapting regulation to human context.

The appendix discusses again, as an essay, the idea of whether Church should change its ways or not. A very important aspect is mentioned in one of the paragraphs here: the Church should take all measures necessary to ensure its own good. This means that it should not take into considerations things that were good for it 2000 years ago (namely, ancient rules and regulations), but elements that are good for it in the present time, in the current….....

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