[ravenwolf]

Then why do Catholics use the title *Father* to address their priests?

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Personally i believe it is because they pay more attention to what Paul said than to what Jesus said and they love being very important.

1 Cor 4
14 I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you. 15 For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel. 16 Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me.

Paul is encouraging them to call him father.

[metmom]

So the words of Jesus are not preeminent over anything else in Scripture for Catholics, after all, eh?

[ealgeone]

Where does Paul encourage them to call him father?? You’re reading your Roman Catholic bias into the text. That’s a poor way to understand the Word.

[ealgeone]

Personally i believe it is because they pay more attention to what Paul said than to what Jesus said and they love being very important.

As a Roman Catholic you are not allowed an opinion in these matters. You have to rely only upon the official teachings of your denomination.

1 Cor 4 14 I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you. 15 For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel. 16 Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me.

Paul is encouraging them to call him father.

Does Paul refer to himself as "Father Paul" anywhere in the New Testament?

Does he tell them to call him Father in the New Testament?