Christ was kind toward men who wanted to keep company with other men, if they remained chaste. He knew some men have trouble with intimacy so they spend their lives alone despite the fact that is not the way God intended for men and women to live.
For there are some eunuchs who were so born from their mother's womb, and there are some eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men, and there are eunuchs who have made themselves eunuchs for the Kingdom of Heaven's sake. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it."Your interpretation:
Christ was kind toward men who wanted to keep company with other men, if they remained chaste. He knew some men have trouble with intimacy so they spend their lives alone despite the fact that is not the way God intended for men and women to live.Hmm.
Can you find a bit further down: "If thou wilt be perfect..."
Keep defending the monastic life. It reveals a lot.
Christ was kind toward men who wanted to keep company with other men, if they remained chaste. He knew some men have trouble with intimacy so they spend their lives alone despite the fact that is not the way God intended for men and women to live.
I think I've officially seen everything now. Not everything is about sex, usually a cigar is just a cigar. Not everyone is called to married life, Our Lord certainly wasn't, St. Paul wasn't. I know you're not casting that same aspersion on them...
How about Elijah? John the Baptist?
Nevermind the 7th Chapter of 1st Corinthians...