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I have never been able to square the catholic church ban on priest marrying with 1 Timothy 3: 2 Now the overseer is to be above reproach, faithful to his wife,
by mnw21cam 6y ago
I have never been able to square the catholic church ban on priest marrying with 1 Timothy 3:
2 Now the overseer is to be above reproach, faithful to his wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, 3 not given to drunkenness, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money. 4 He must manage his own family well and see that his children obey him, and he must do so in a manner worthy of full[a] respect. 5 (If anyone does not know how to manage his own family, how can he take care of God’s church?)
- 8fGTBjZxBcHq 6y agoThe rule against unmarried clergy came pretty late in the game I believe. Anyway I think it was more of a practical organizational determination, not a theological thing.