Posted on 09/26/2023 12:02:03 AM PDT by Morgana
Anyone can have an opinion, that hardly makes it right or wrong. I find it disingenuous you opted to not defend your opinion when presented with a critical response of your interpretation.
Maybe explain why you opted to narrow the reading to only the verse instead of considering the context of the biblical conversation it was in?
I do take umbrage to the censorship accusation. I did just the opposite, I never called for deleting or ask anyone not to state such things. I was engaging in a debate.
I do not disagree celibacy may be right for some. I only disagree with the notion that celibacy is mandatory requirement into a priesthood that is biblically supported. Not even in the Old Testament was a Nazirite called to celibacy.
You and I will never find common ground on this, so it is pointless to continue this discussion. Peace.
Your little opinion is cute, but wrong. Scripture is clear the no one should be forbidden to marry.
I Timothy 4:
“1 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times SOME SHALL DEPART FROM THE FAITH, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;
“2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;
“3 FORBIDDING TO MARRY, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.
“4 For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:”
Do you have ANY idea how many PKs and MKs have carried on their parents’ ministries? Rash generalizations are cheap and lazy.
My cousin and his is wife (now retired) went to a foreign mission field in 1973. Three of their kids stayed and started churches. Some of THEIR kids have started churches there.
“There is a theological basis for priestly celibacy”
Oh, really?
Read I Timothy 4. Focus on Verse 3.
Moreover, in the early Church at least, the example of Jesus as chaste and celibate provided a strong theological basis for believing that to be a worthy state for a priest. After centuries of debate and experience in the Roman church, priestly celibacy was affirmed at the Second Lateran Council in 1139 and reaffirmed at the Council of Trent (1545 to 1563).
Yet it should be kept in mind that even though priestly celibacy is theologically sound in the view of the Catholic Church, it is a matter of regulation and not a theological requirement.
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