text: It is way past time to end the celibate priesthood.  This requirement for a celibate priesthood was instituted to keep priests and relatives from running off with church property.
  
  Most of the Disciples of Jesus, including St. Peter were married.  Women in those early days were much higher in the church.
  
  “Phoebe (Koine Greek Φοίβη) was a first-century Christian woman mentioned by the Apostle Paul in his Epistle to the Romans, verses 16:1-2. A notable woman in the church of Cenchreae, she was trusted by Paul to deliver his letter to the Romans.[1] In writing to the church that almost surely met in her home,[2] Paul refers to her both as a deacon (Gk. diakonon masc.) and as a helper or patron of many (Gk. prostatis). 
  See:  Phoebe (biblical figure)
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  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoebe_(biblical_figure)  )