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To: Jonty30
That’s what I hear

With respect, sir or madam, that's a personal problem on your part.

The priesthood is a vocation, not a mere job, and is no more a "temporary thing" than is marriage. Religious life is likewise.

Engineer, accountant, factoryman, electrician are all jobs frequently held by men whose vocations are husband and father.

Pastor, Vicar, Teacher, Professor, Principal, Missionary are all jobs frequently held by men whose vocation is the priesthood.

45 posted on 06/18/2024 12:39:00 PM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: NorthMountain

I’m basically an economist, as far as I think anyway.
I think it’s a useful thing for the church to have lay members who can completely devote themselves to the service of the church without the expectation of permanent service while they prepare their life in other ways.

As I said, that’s a perfectly Biblical position because the Nazarenes were like that and Timothy, by the evidence of the New Testament, likely took a Nazarene oath when he was refusing to mix water with wine to make the water digestible.


46 posted on 06/18/2024 12:49:40 PM PDT by Jonty30 (He hunted a mammoth for me, just because I said I was hungry. He is such a good friend. )
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