id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt _005196697 Catholic Church. Pope (1963-1978 : Paul VI). The celibacy of the priest. 1967 .txt text/plain 14294 546 64 The sum of these objec- tions would appear to drown out the solemn and age-old voice of the pastors of the Church and of the masters of the spiritual life and to nullify the living tes- timony of the countless ranks of saints and faithful ministers of God, for whom celibacy has been the object of the total and generous gift of themselves to the mystery of Christ, as well as its outward sign. This law should support the minister in his ex- clusive, definitive and total choice of the unique and su- preme love of Christ; it should uphold him in the entire dedi- cation of himself to the public worship of God and to the serv- ice of the Church; it should characterize his state of life both among the faithful and in the world at large. cache/_005196697.txt txt/_005196697.txt