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> Also the NT mentions that Peter and the other Apostles had wives. Indeed, three of the four gospels record Jesus healing Peter's wife (https://en.wikipedia.o
by ubertaco 10y ago
> Also the NT mentions that Peter and the other Apostles had wives.
Indeed, three of the four gospels record Jesus healing Peter's wife (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Healing_the_mother_of_Peter%27s_wife https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Healing_the_mother_of_Peter%27...)
As a protestant, I've always found the papal requirement of celibacy funny, in light of the claim that the papacy is a sort of Apostolic-authority lineage from Peter, who was, well, married.
- michaelsbradley 10y agoSome of the early Church Fathers (e.g. Jerome) maintained that the married Apostles, including Peter, gave up marital relations with their wives after being called by Christ, i.e. they practiced perpetual (or "perfect") sexual continence from that time forward. Celibacy developed later, as a safeguard for those called to exercise the same "apostolic continence".