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From what I understand the whole celibacy thing came from the fact that Priests were leaving their Parish's to their sons or using them as dowrys for their daughters, thus pissing off the Church. The church, not wanting to lose revenue, made priests be celebite, or at least unmarried, thus keeping their properties. It took a while to enforce but they eventually pulled it off. So what if the Clerical celibacy was never made a law? Let's say different rules where put in place to let the church keep their properties. How would this change history? I mean besides Clerical celibacy not being an issue today. Would the various ecclesiastical states in Germany and Italy becoming hereditary? What about the Papacy itself? Could it turn into a semi-hereditary monarchy? Would we see offical titles for the wives of various Clerics, like Bishops, Archbishops or even Cardinals and Popes?
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