[DaveTesla]

1 Corinthians 7.32
32 I want you to be free from anxieties. The unmarried man is anxious about the affairs of the Lord, how to please the
Lord; 33 but the married man is anxious about the affairs of the world, how to please his wife, 34 and his interests
are divided. And the unmarried woman and the virgin are anxious about the affairs of the Lord, so that they may be
holy in body and spirit; but the married woman is anxious about the affairs of the world, how to please her husband.
35 I say this for your own benefit, not to put any restraint upon you, but to promote good order and
unhindered devotion to the Lord.

May God save the rock.

[joathome]

The rock is not your local parish priest. It is better to marry than burn. An elder must be the husband of one wife.....and so on. Cases can be made for both......which means that the early church did not FORCE men to remain celibate in order to enter the ministry.