15-05-2019, 12:26 PM
Anton, I haven't done a lot of research on this, but it's my understanding that the Catholic church expected celibacy from their monks from the early medieval period onwards.
There were differences of opinion in some of the northern areas (especially in the regions that eventually became protestant) and I think they had a more open attitude toward priests (ministers) and sex but, as far as I know, monks and nuns (the ones accepted into the order) were supposed to be celibate.
If anyone has better information on this, feel free to correct this if I am wrong. It's a long time since I looked into it and I didn't research it with any vigor.
There were differences of opinion in some of the northern areas (especially in the regions that eventually became protestant) and I think they had a more open attitude toward priests (ministers) and sex but, as far as I know, monks and nuns (the ones accepted into the order) were supposed to be celibate.
If anyone has better information on this, feel free to correct this if I am wrong. It's a long time since I looked into it and I didn't research it with any vigor.