The Church does not need to change. Christ, the Apostles and St. Paul taught and lived lives of celibacy. The question you should be posing is not why the Church employs the discipline of celibacy for its clergy and religious but why don’t the so called “Bible believers” do the same?
“The Church does not need to change. Christ, the Apostles and St. Paul taught and lived lives of celibacy. The question you should be posing is not why the Church employs the discipline of celibacy for its clergy and religious but why don’t the so called “Bible believers” do the same?”
The Bible is clear on the point that celibacy is a good thing, but not a required thing. There’s nothing wrong with EITHER life choice. That’s my point.
But if RCC doctrine overrides the Bible...