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[IrishJohn]

These aren't the kind of rule changes I'm talking about. I'm talking about changes that are strictly biblical and have nothing to do with the laws of governments i.e. unbaptized infants being stuck in limbo and priests not being allowed to marry. I didn't say rule changes should be avoided; I did imply that they are necessary when people blatantly misinterpret the Bible in the first place.

With regards to Limbo, this is a good example of how theological speculation can lead one down a well-intentioned but very wrong path. It's understandable how it developed, although technically was never a dogma of the Catholic Church. As for clerical celibacy, it isn't dogma and can be changed at any time. It developed for good reasons in the Latin Church, but not in the Eastern Churches. Personally I think it was good for the period in history it developed in but ha now outlived its usefulness, and indeed can be said to be detrimental. Let me clarify by saying that I'm not opposed to priests and ministers being celibate, a small percentage of folks are indeed called to this, but having a rule that ALL of them should be so regardless of whether they truly have such a vocation or not.