[Mrs. Don-o]

Perhaps this latest message of yours was mistakenly posted to me but intended for somebody else. In which case, please try re-posting it to the appropriate FReeper.

However if it's really to me, I must remark that I must have expressed myself really incompetently, because it seems there was some impediment to communication.

Let's see if this helps:

There is absolutely NOTHING in the Bible requiring celibacy as a prerequisite for service in the priesthood. Quite the contrary... “A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behavior, given to hospitality, apt to teach.”... 1 Timothy 3:2... CLEARLY clerical marriage is permitted in the Bible.

We're agreed on this. Nothing new here. We've been in agreement on this for a long, long time.

" Of course the Church has every right to make up its own rules and regulations."

Verum, verum. A right and duty given by Christ to His Church.

" But NO Church has the right to rewrite the Bible or to rewrite history."

Nobody rewrote the Bible; mine says the same as yours (assuming you have all 73 books); and nobody's rewritten history.

Hoping this helps.

[Trapped Behind Enemy Lines]

OK we agree on these points.

I’m glad we found points of agreement.