The tenth century is claimed to be the high point of clerical marriage in the Latin communion.

Theobald worked with his first prior, Jeremiah, to eliminate clerical marriage in the diocese.

Following the Reformation when clerical marriage was permitted, larger households would have been required.

In December 1786, he resigned as bishop and asked the pope for a dispensation from the ban on clerical marriage.

Adventist believe in clerical marriage and not a celibate priesthood.

They thus admit clerical marriage, not merely the appointment of already married persons as pastors.

This again concerns marriage before appointment as pastor, not clerical marriage.

Anglicanism does not require celibacy of its clergy and allows clerical marriage.

For priests and deacons clerical marriage continued to be in vogue".

What was basically a new code of religious practices permitted both clerical marriage and communion under both kinds.