“Because God would never tell you to do one thing and then tell you not to do that thing anymore.”
EXACTLY!
Martin Luther was not called to make his VOWS (plural) unless he was called by God.
And there is no “gee I’m sorry Lord, didn’t mean it, fingers crossed, never mind Lord, maybe later......
A vow of celibacy is like a marriage vow - it’s like Herpes, its forever.
AMDG
I guess I’m not so bold to think that God could lead me to do one thing for a season and then another thing when He said that season was over. Clearly the season of RCC priesthood was over for him when he was excommunicated.
But we are to believe that GOD somehow managed to forget to have some Scripture written down, and then had to slip it into the Catholic doctrines by the Church Fathers.