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"Old Reggie,am I mistaken in believing that the Gospels were the teachings of the four evangelists and that everything pertaining of things that happened after the Crucifixion are contained in the Epistles. If I am mistaken let me know. If I am correct then my statement about "wives"not being mentioned in the Gospels still stands. You quoted Corinthians.

You are correct. I wasn't careful enough when I read your post.

Having said that; what difference does it make? There were married Apostles, Peter among them. They were married when Christ chose them - not after he was crucified.

Please, there is absolutely no evidence of Peter having a wife that was alive when Jesus called him. And don't tell me that even the Catholic Church does not deny it because in this case I think they may not have thought it was anything to hang their hat on because it did not matter. However I now think it probably does matter and I repeat there is no substantive evidence that he hung around with anybody but his mother-in-law. With respect to Corinthians 9;5 there is a difference of opinion between translations and the Douay-Rheims and the NAB both say the scripture reads women or sisters. I saw the Vulgate and it does not say uxor which I remember from Latin meant wife. So I will agree to disagree but I think I am correct and think you need to consider why if he had a wife she let her old mother get out of bed and "serve" the men. I"ve a good mind to call Patricia Ireland and the troops from NOW on those men right now. So there!!!

And those gals could probably deal all of Christendom the death blow,so you just be careful.