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I simply meant that Jesus and Paul did not procreate.

Every woman in the Bible has her own unique journey and circumstances. Some circumstances are highly contextual and cultural for the time (think: the polygamist arrangements of the Old Testament) - and even then, women like Sarah and Hannah waited ages before they could be mothers. Sarah a whole century. And Hannah was extremely isolated in her marriage during her barrenness despite being the favorite wife. There are women in the New Testament like Lydia who was a tradeswoman and single, and Anna the prophetess who was widowed and devoted her life to prayer.

We are not called to idolize anything on earth whether jobs, husbands, or children. Jesus comes first. We are to seek God’s purpose out in every season of life, and represent Christ, preach the Gospel, save souls, and love our neighbor in whatever context He places us. And to use the gifts and talents He’s given us to honor Him, and expand the Kingdom

So you actually believe to go and multiply thus creating a family is idolatry? Sounds like a command to me. Stick to the subject, agape is low hanging fruit or milk rather than meat in the context of the subject matter of this thread. “Housewife is servitude thus is Spiritually impotent”/being a power feminist first pretending to be a cloistered nun point presented.

Lydia “the purple” hung with the Roman aristocrats who had low birth rates in general so being without child would of been a rational reason of not having kids (Acts does not go into detail of her personal life) so you assumed especially her being a recent convert. Lydia was not brought up from the time of birth into the Christian faith (We are around 2,000 years from events unlike Lydia, so we have no excuse), so your point is moot about the tone these nuns are spouting in the article posted.

BTW, Christendom built societal barriers based on what God deemed correct (Raising families/sexual mores, etc...). The feminist movement, that started in the the mud-late 19th century in the US blew all of that up. These nuns are feminist first, followers of Christ last, point I was making, that is all.