Very long story........
This is not intended as an acknowledgment of the appropriateness of what became the Reformation.
On the contrary.
Looking at the Old Testament, The Hebrew Bible, nothing would have been more ridiculous than a celibate priestly lineage, a literal non sequitor, a genetic cul de sac.
Of course, for those who believed in the Kingdom coming in Jesus' lifetime, and there is good reason for believing that he did, see eg E P Sanders, then why bother to procreate? On the other hand, the concept of priestly celibacy would have been mooted as well!
Further, Jesus had a brother, James the Just, unless you don't believe this, and he almost certainly had a family in Jerusalem.
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