[OLDCATH-L] Remarks on Celibacy Requirement

[Sibyl Smirl]

Sam'l B wrote:
> 1)	Paul is not Jesus

But Jesus Ordained married Peter (Cephas), and probably the others Paul 
mentioned "other apostles, and [as] the brethren of the Lord" -- and if 
he hadn't wanted them married, he'd have told them, and they'd have obeyed.


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> 2)	The Church interprets 1 Ti as saying "at most" one wife -- not as 
> requiring a wife.
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> +S
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> Sibyl Smirl wrote:
>> Sam'l B wrote:
>>> On 02/12/2010 04:45 PM, Bill Leaming wrote:
>>>  > Only Roman priests are forced to
>>>> reject either the Sacrament of Matrimony or the Sacrament of Orders -
>>>> Jesus infallibly allowed both."
>>> 	Where?   Chapter & Verse, please.
>> 1Cr 9:5  Have we not power to lead about a sister, a wife, as well as 
>> other apostles, and [as] the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?
>>
>> Remember that Jesus Ordained Peter (Cephas), and probably some of the 
>> others mentioned, and Peter was already married at the time of his 
>> Ordination, because he was married before it.
>>
>> Mat 8:14  And when Jesus was come into Peter's house, he saw his wife's 
>> mother laid, and sick of a fever.
>>
>> Then, Paul requires:
>>
>> 1Ti 3:2  A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, 
>> vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;


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Sibyl Smirl
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honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, 
whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if 
there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things. 
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