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To: GOP_Party_Animal

“A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behavior, given to hospitality, apt to teach.”

1 Timothy 3:2


10 posted on 05/07/2015 8:22:58 AM PDT by Trapped Behind Enemy Lines
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To: Trapped Behind Enemy Lines
So we appear to have two competing verses. However, one simply mentions a clergy's wife, the other gives good reason as to why clergy should not be married.

The difference is the way things are and the way things should be.

12 posted on 05/07/2015 8:36:01 AM PDT by GOP_Party_Animal
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