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To: jwalsh07
Please cite where G-d said only men will be priests. If you base your notion on the fact that all of the apostles were men, please keep in mind that they were all jewish men. Do you suppose that only jewish men can be candidates for the priesthood?
128 posted on 03/19/2002 5:11:07 AM PST by muir_redwoods
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To: muir_redwoods
Please cite any scriptural passage that shows any Apostle was married when Jesus chose them. The fact that Peter HAD a mother-in-law means nothing,absent any mention of his wife's presence at any time.My mother-in-law outlived my husband by 20 years.

The passage in Corithians is often used;however,the word used and translated as wife is the same word used by Jesus when He addressed His mother at the wedding at Cana.

The fact that the bible states "a bishop should have but one wife" may have resulted from an emergency measure to assure the faith was carried on when the Apostles realized they were going to die and Christ had not yet returned.

The content of the New Testament clearly show that an unencumbered man is the state preferred for those who would follow Jesus.

For those persons familiar with the operations of "change agents",this is a typical move. Create a crisis and then come up with a resolution that suits the objective. In the present crisis which was designed many years ago,the action offered by the powers that be,relax the celibacy requirement,suits their purposes very nicely. It is in the best interests of those wishing to preserve western civilization to demand a cleaning out of the Church.Only after that is accomplished should any other measures be considered. To start acting now will ensure a far,far longer recovery period and just might be the death knell of Christianity in the West.

131 posted on 03/19/2002 7:35:52 AM PST by saradippity
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