Eleventh-century Latin polemic criticized Greek Christians for clerical marriage
Evidence
These Orientals continue to defend their errors through reasoning (ratiocinatio): the use of leavened bread in the Eucharist, the lack of proper deference to the Pope, clerical marriage, and Trinitarian errors regarding the procession of the Holy Spirit. — John V. Tolan, Saracens, 786
Categorization
- QUESTION: The clerical-marriage complaint predates and overlaps with later Gregorian celibacy reforms — worth tracing how anti-Greek polemic fed Western enforcement of priestly celibacy.