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To: NotTallTex

Yes.... and here is what it says....”An unmarried WOMAN or virgin is concerned about the Lord’s affairs: Her aim is to be devoted to the Lord in both body and spirit. But a married woman is concerned about the affairs of this world-—how she can please her husband. I am saying this for your own good, NOT (emphasis added) to restrict you, but that you may live in a right way in undivided devotion to the Lord.”

I do not think St. Paul in his letter here is making a case for a celibate unmarried clergy.


22 posted on 11/27/2013 8:15:55 AM PST by Trapped Behind Enemy Lines
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To: Trapped Behind Enemy Lines
Check these out:
Some are incapable of marriage because they were born so; some, because they were made so by others; some, because they have renounced marriage for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. Whoever can accept this ought to accept it.
(Matt 19:12)

Indeed, I wish everyone to be as I am, but each has a particular gift from God, one of one kind and one of another. Now to the unmarried and to widows, I say: it is a good thing for them to remain as they are, as I do, but if they cannot exercise self-control they should marry, for it is better to marry than to be on fire.
(1 Cor 7:7-9)


26 posted on 11/27/2013 8:31:18 AM PST by Petrosius
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To: Trapped Behind Enemy Lines

If you read much about early Christian history I think you will find that virginity was very popular with both women and men. Many of the martyrs were virgins and the Roman Catacombs are filled with such admissions. You may also want to check out a Corinthians 7: 1-3 and other passages where Paul advises that to have full attention to one’s service to God one needs to have no other allegiances. This does not mean he is against marriage.


75 posted on 12/04/2013 5:24:47 PM PST by NotTallTex
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