He was a plain old fisherman who was called by Christ to become the leader of the Twelve Apostles. We were talking about Peter in the context of his being a bishop and about priesthood in the early Christian Church as a transformation of Jewish priesthood even as the early Christian liturgy was a transformed Jewish liturgy, as Christ came not to destroy but to transform the Jewish faith in the Creator God, which he himself stated numerous times and as the author of Hebrews does with his rereading of Hebrew sacrifice/priesthood to spell out how Christ transformed it.
Plain old fisherman is half true. More like 10 % true. You left out the important parts.
Close, but no cigar.
We were talking about Peter being a married Jewish man, keeping the law as he knew it.
I still maintain that in all likelihood Peter was not celibate until after the Crucifixion, Death, and Resurrection of Jesus.
Yes, Peter had sex wirth a woman. Holy Cow!
You young seminarians are so brainwashed nowadays. Try to think for yourself.
Marital sex is good. God made it that way.
A celibate clergy is a manmade concept....observed only in the breach in countries like Mexico, Spain, Italy, and all over Africa.
Widen your horizons, boy, and do a little more outside reading.
Or do you still adhere to the Index of Forbidden Books?