To: dp0622
It certainly wasnt always the case that priests couldnt get married and the decision to stop that was based more on holding onto land that might end up in the hands of divorced wives. An oft-repeated lie. Priestly celibacy, or more properly constancy, was the rule in the West from Apostolic times.
7 posted on
01/12/2020 5:01:58 PM PST by
Petrosius
To: Petrosius
Thats nonsense. Show me any statement by any apostle or prophet that a pastor has to remain celibate. Peter was married right up until his death. His wife was martyred shortly before he was.
To: Petrosius
An oft-repeated lie. Priestly celibacy, or more properly constancy, was the rule in the West from Apostolic times.
Do we not have a right to take along a believing wife, even as the rest of the apostles and the brothers of the Lord and Cephas? 1 Corinthians 9:5 NASB
37 posted on
01/13/2020 3:39:02 AM PST by
ealgeone
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