A 1st century Church ministering to a 21st century people, providing continuity, authenticity, and stability.
Interesting, was the 1st Century when St. Peter sanctioned divorce and birth control in the Church?
The Catholic church didn't always forbid its priests from getting married, nor did it always ban abortion....you might be surprised to find out that several Popes contridicted themselves. As for us using birth control, that is because marriage is not simply to breed like a bunch of animals. You are still required to have children, a sacrement of marriage, and adopt if you can't physically. Masterbation? Will that make me blind? Or worship the devil? As for Evangelicals, they change their minds with the wind and subdivide with the speed of single celled animals into more and more branches...30,000+ and counting.
So, I won't be fooled by the "ancientness" since I do research, and you don't get fooled by your own self righteousness.