If we turn to the origins of modern words, then we will be pretty surprised. After many years or even centuries, the values can dramatically change.
Let's try to search for the origins of the word "priests."
The priest or the leader?
So, plunging into history, we learn that the Polish priests are, first of all, the leader, leader, head of the tribe. The role of religion grew and secular society began to separate more clearly. And by the beginning of the 16th century, priests were already only a clergyman.
Based on the spelling of the word in Latin - ksiadz - you can trace the origins of another word "kenedz", which means "prince". That is, it becomes clear that this was originally a position. So to speak, worldly. Historians explain this transformation by forced penetration, the imposition of Catholicism on the territory of modern Poland and Lithuania.
In modern society, it is customary to understand that a priest is a Polish Catholic priest.
Some facts
Quite an interesting transformation from the leader, literally - from the warrior, the founder of the clan - to the clergyman. Moreover, the Polish priests is a priest who could relate to both the white spiritual estate and the monastic.
In the Orthodox faith, the white clergy include lower clergy who do not vow celibacy and can have a family.
The monks include those who took celibacy, asceticism - the vow of celibacy. This is the upper class of the clergy.
In our time, if the Orthodox Church allows a clergyman to have a family, but only before he takes the office, the Roman Catholic Church categorically excludes this fact.
The reason was the statement of the Apostle Paul in the First Epistle to the Corinthians: "How will the priest serve God? He serves and pleases his wife." That is, the priests - this, like other adherents of Roman Catholicism, is a man whose life completely belongs to his faith.
But time and customs do not stand still. A total ban has never been an absolute dogma for anyone. And such restrictions rather harmed both the bearer of the dignity and his environment. A very striking example is the novel by V. Hugo "Notre Dame de Paris".