esp sense most catholic believers have faith that peter is the first pope of the church
and there is biblical scripture that supports that peter was married and the only documented marital status of any apostle in the gospels although it was believed only john was single out of the 12
why would any bible believing organization want it any diff?
Paul declared his celibacy outright. Peter’s mother-in-law was mentioned, and his wife was mentioned separately=. The rest are Biblically undeclared.
The dichotomy of Peter and Paul would seem to suggest that apostles could acceptably choose from celibacy or marriage. The fact that the marital status of the other apostles was not addressed seems to indicate that marital status really isn’t that big a deal either way ... certainly not a deciding factor in who should lead the church.
SnakeDoc
“why would any bible believing organization want it any diff?”
Different from what? The Catholic church is no different today. If you are an anglican priest and marry, and then convert, you can still become a Catholic priest.
Nothing has changed. The Apostles, some like Peter were married well before they were called. This is why Paul says that “are you married, remain married”. Yes it is true that married men were sometimes ordained. But ordained priests did not marry.