Actually it says Bishops if you want to get technical.
Let's turn your argument around on you though. Logically, how can a woman be the husband of one wife?
What do you do with the passages from Scripture that disallow women to teach in church, learn in silence and submission? What do you do with the fact that Jesus never chose a woman as an Apostle, nor did the Apostles ever ordain women.
Nice post...well put.
...and I don't normally throw out the compliments.
"Actually it says Bishops if you want to get technical."
Bishops/Priests whatever you prefer. Its a fault of Catholic Church they used the Roman Gov't as a guide to support the heirarcy they have.
"Logically, how can a woman be the husband of one wife?"
Huh? That's not what I said, and neither did Timothy.
Look out. They're doing it in Massachusetts, but no one ever accused the wacky liberals who run that place logical.
Come to think of it, how did Massachusetts end up in such a mess given the predominance of Catholicism in that state?
But the proof is in the practice, in the outworkings of the choice. Christian denominations that ordain women to the clergy are dying.