"Further, we are urged to this by the authority of the blessed Pope Leo who deprived subdeacons of the right to marry, a decree to which his successors in the Holy Roman Church, especially that famous doctor Gregory, gave such force of law that henceforth the marriage bond has been absolutely forbidden to the three orders of priests, levites, and subdeacons."
From St. Paul to St. Timothy
Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons, through the insincerity of liars whose consciences are seared, who forbid marriage and require abstinence from foods that God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.
1 Timothy 4:1-3
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