[metmom]

Neither did Jesus or St. Paul, both of whom were, like Naumann, celibate.

Nobody knows if Paul had ever been married or not. Scripture doesn't tell us.

Catholics sure make a lot of assumptions about things to support their theology.

And so what if they were celibate? Does that make them more spiritual than a married person who is not?

Cause you all sure seem to treat it as if it's a virtue of some kind, just like sex is bad or something.

[Mrs. Don-o]

I didn’t imply St. Paul was never ever married. He may have been a widower, like St. Peter. I just meant he was celibate by the time he was writing the Epistles, as he himself attested. And as he recommended.

Please note that Catholics not only believe that marital sex is good -— we believe it is Holy, a constituent element of a Sacrament, and thus a channel of a specific Sacramental grace.

And interestingly, celibacy is not.

[Elsie]

Cause you all sure seem to treat it as if it's a virtue of some kind, just like sex is bad or something.

 

 

It MUST be; or else what LOGICAL (or biblical) reason would the Catholic Church INSIST that M&J NEVER had sexual relations?