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To: St_Thomas_Aquinas

Qualifications for Bishops

1 Tim 3
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This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.

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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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Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;

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One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;

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For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)

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Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.

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Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.

Qualifications for Deacons

1 Tim 3
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Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;

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Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.

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And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless.

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Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.

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Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.

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For they that have used the office of a deacon well purchase to themselves a good degree, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.


84 posted on 04/13/2014 8:44:04 AM PDT by ravenwolf
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To: ravenwolf
It's not a prescription, it's a proscription. It's simply another way of saying that a bishop cannot be divorced and remarried, or twice-married.

Otherwise, St. Paul's words make no sense. Paul commends celibacy, he was celibate himself, and he was a bishop.

2 Tim 1: 6 -- For which cause I admonish thee, that thou stir up the grace of God which is in thee, by the imposition of my hands

1 Tim 4:14 -- Neglect not the grace that is in thee, which was given thee by prophesy, with imposition of the hands of the priesthood


86 posted on 04/13/2014 8:53:51 AM PDT by St_Thomas_Aquinas ( Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
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