18 May 2011, 4:12 pm
Moog wrote:
wefunction wrote:
cdfox7 wrote:
Re clergy and marriage plus some food for thought, 1st Timothy 3:2 talking about the qualifications set for becoming a bishop one of which is this "the husband of one wife", Catholic Bishops might have a problem.
I doubt that since St. Paul was speaking to a people who were populated with married men. The distinction was for them to have one wife as opposed to having a dozen wives. He also instructs these same people to remain single and celibate if they're lucky enough to be unmarried when they convert. This is what set the tone for the dictate of celibacy and bachelorhood for Catholic clergy.
I've never really understood celibacy and religion. Could you shed some light on it for me, we?
I quested that too especially when God give one of the first edicts of go forth and mutliply. Now what was God talking about, mental arithmetic?
18 May 2011, 4:15 pm
cdfox7 wrote:
Moog wrote:
wefunction wrote:
cdfox7 wrote:
Re clergy and marriage plus some food for thought, 1st Timothy 3:2 talking about the qualifications set for becoming a bishop one of which is this "the husband of one wife", Catholic Bishops might have a problem.
I doubt that since St. Paul was speaking to a people who were populated with married men. The distinction was for them to have one wife as opposed to having a dozen wives. He also instructs these same people to remain single and celibate if they're lucky enough to be unmarried when they convert. This is what set the tone for the dictate of celibacy and bachelorhood for Catholic clergy.
I've never really understood celibacy and religion. Could you shed some light on it for me, we?
I quested that too especially when God give one of the first edicts of go forth and mutliply. Now what was God talking about, mental arithmetic?
I dunno, I'd just like to understand the benefit of celibacy. Buddhist monks do it too, and I don't get it.
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18 May 2011, 5:47 pm
18 May 2011, 6:59 pm
Moog wrote:
cdfox7 wrote:
Moog wrote:
wefunction wrote:
cdfox7 wrote:
Re clergy and marriage plus some food for thought, 1st Timothy 3:2 talking about the qualifications set for becoming a bishop one of which is this "the husband of one wife", Catholic Bishops might have a problem.
I doubt that since St. Paul was speaking to a people who were populated with married men. The distinction was for them to have one wife as opposed to having a dozen wives. He also instructs these same people to remain single and celibate if they're lucky enough to be unmarried when they convert. This is what set the tone for the dictate of celibacy and bachelorhood for Catholic clergy.
I've never really understood celibacy and religion. Could you shed some light on it for me, we?
I quested that too especially when God give one of the first edicts of go forth and mutliply. Now what was God talking about, mental arithmetic?
I dunno, I'd just like to understand the benefit of celibacy. Buddhist monks do it too, and I don't get it.
I've never been a fan so I don't know. There is a theological reason behind it... Sacrifice of flesh to focus on the spiritual. But I've no desire to go that way.
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19 May 2011, 4:41 pm
leejosepho wrote:
No disagreement there, and I think that kind of consideration simply follows along with the first, at least in relation to personal, situational practice.
Question: Have you ever heard/read the book "What, Me Obey Him?"
A friend of mine has often struggled with that kind of question, and yet she appreciates the overall "cover" her husband actually does provide even though much of his own "practice" is really nothing more than a combination of "law-keeping" and "mental assent".
Question: Have you ever heard/read the book "What, Me Obey Him?"
A friend of mine has often struggled with that kind of question, and yet she appreciates the overall "cover" her husband actually does provide even though much of his own "practice" is really nothing more than a combination of "law-keeping" and "mental assent".
I haven't heard of that book. I'll look into it now. I should disclose that my personal beliefs leave the final judgment very open. I have no idea what judgments will actually be doled out to people, who will get into Heaven and who won't. I don't know because it's not my job to know. But I can recite what St. Paul had to say on the subject.
19 May 2011, 4:48 pm
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