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To: BenKenobi

“Continence has always been the understanding. This means that if a married man were to become a priest, he must not sleep with his wife again.”

Really. Where in the Bible does it specifically say that?

BTW, you misunderstand the meaning of the Book of Timothy in the NT.


169 posted on 03/29/2010 4:04:31 PM PDT by marajade (Yes, I'm a SW freak!)
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To: sabe@q.com

How have I misunderstood Timothy?

pistos ho logos ei tis episkopes oregetai kalou ergou epithumei.

dei oun ton episkopon anepilhpton einai mias gunaikos andra; nephalion, sophrona, kosmion, philoxenon, didatikon, me paroinen, me plekten, me aischrokerde, all epieike amachon, aphilargon.

The man who desires the office of a bishop desires a good thing.

The ideal bishop must be a man of one woman, sober, sane, orderly, hospitable, didactic, not a drunkard, not quarrelsome, not avaricious, but pacific and parsimonious.


178 posted on 03/29/2010 4:25:42 PM PDT by BenKenobi ("we shall defend our Island, whatever the cost may be")
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