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Not the only verse! Don't do what you accuse protestants of--building a case around one or two verses. There were requirements for leaders in the church, and part of that requirement was to be the husband of one wife. Peter had a wife. For hundreds of years, church leaders had a wife.

Valid arguments can be made that "some" of the clergy might be better off single--missionaries, for example, but it is only a church discipline. It's not dogma, and it's not biblical to say leaders MUST be single.

I am sick and tired of people pronouncing authoritatively "Peter had a wife". It is particularly offensive from the lips of people who consider themselves to be strict scripturalists and Christians of integrity.The most that anyone could say if they were honest is that "Peter was married before he was chosen by Jesua to be an apostle.No one can be sure that she did not die before he was selected.We do know his mother-in-law was still alive because Jesus healed her".

Joathome,if you were interpreting scripture yourself,then I am sorry for you because you interjected your wishful thinking into your interpretationn and present as truth. It is not.If you learned it in your Bible class from the leader or a fellow student you must go back and correct them. Or,if it was preached from the pulpit then you are listening to "false teachers" and you better get out of that place before you become tainted.

What does this have to do with the protestant's??
The protestants can run their church the way they see fit.
This is a Dogma of the Catholic Church.
The issue here is the infiltration of the Church by homoseluals and pagens.