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To: Theo

You make several misleading or mistaken points in your statement: “And yet you encourage those in authority to reject marriage for themselves. Your denomination’s doctrines are confused; why else would it deny marriage for your leaders? Jesus’ friend Peter was married.”

Mistake: “Your denomination’s doctrines are confused;”

Reality: None of this is doctrine. It is a discipline. You apparently aren’t even aware of that.

misleading: “why else would it deny marriage for your leaders?”

Why wouldn’t the Church insist on celibacy for bishops when that was universally done since the early centuries of the Church?

Misleading: “Jesus’ friend Peter was married.”

At one time. We know about his mother-in-law. There is no evidence his wife was still alive at that point. She might have been, but it is irrelevant. Jesus and Paul were unmarried. Later the Church had - universally - no married bishops whatsoever.


95 posted on 07/21/2013 7:48:12 AM PDT by vladimir998
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To: vladimir998

You should know, before you do any more responding to me, that I don’t read a word you write any more. I’ve come to understand that you are not worth my time.


100 posted on 07/21/2013 11:01:59 AM PDT by Theo (May Christ be exalted above all.)
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