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To: A.A. Cunningham

You really should study scripture and stop using it to further your prejudice against the church. Jer. 16:1-4 Jeremiah is told not to take a wife and have children. 1 Cor 7:8 St. Paul was celebate for the sake of the kingdom Mt 19:12 Celebacy is praised by Jesus. Therefore, celebacy is not for everyone but for those who forsake marriage for the sake of the kingdom of God.


71 posted on 07/19/2007 4:49:42 AM PDT by Machavelli (True God)
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To: Machavelli; A.A. Cunningham
"Mt 19:12 Celebacy is praised by Jesus..."

Sorry, but no.

10 His disciples say unto him, If the case of the man be so with his wife, it is not good to marry.

11 But he said unto them, All men cannot receive this saying, save they to whom it is given.

12 For there are some eunuchs, which were so born from their mother's womb: and there are some eunuchs, which were made eunuchs of men: and there be eunuchs, which have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven's sake. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it.

This has nothing to do with celebacy. (which can be practiced by married persons too) How many priests are eunuchs?

I Timothy
3:1 This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
3:2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
3:3 Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;
3:4 One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;
3:5 (For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)

Does that description sound like any priest you know?

216 posted on 07/19/2007 9:06:39 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Turning the general election into a second Democrat primary is not a winning strategy.)
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