Celibacy & continence do NOT appear in these early Church documents on church disciplines: Didache (c. AD 80 - AD 150), Apostolic Canons (c. AD 217), Didascalia (c. AD 250), Council of Nicea (AD 325); Conclusion: Mandated celibacy & mandated continence were NEW universal INNOVATIONS

(copy of Didache)

Celibacy & continence do NOT appear in these early Church documents on church disciplines:

Didache (c. AD 80) - did NOT mandate continence

Apostolic Canons (c. AD 217) - did NOT mandate continence

Didascalia (c. AD 250) - did NOT mandate continence

Council of Nicea (AD 325) a UNIVERSAL Council - did NOT mandate continence; decreed that priest cannot (re)marry after ordination

Conclusion: Mandated celibacy & mandated continence were local INNOVATIONS lacking universal and catholic discipline from the Twelve Apostles.

Pope Siricius in AD 385 first mandates continence.

The First Lateran Council in AD 1123 first mandates celibacy (no more married men ordained as priests in Latin rite).