Must Bishops Be the Husband of One Wife?

catholic.com ^ | May 5, 2013 | Tim Staples

[CynicalBear]

>>The scripture as you interpret it says a Church Leader must be married, therefore Paul is not fit for leadership.<<

Or Jesus, and all of the apostles, knew that Paul had been married, had successfully raised a family and had proven himself.

[DarkSavant]

Or Jesus, and all of the apostles, knew that Paul had been married, had successfully raised a family and had proven himself.

Irrelevant.

According to scripture, he did not have a wife. I don't see a "proven himself" escape clause in there. If you're going to interpret scripture this way, be consistent.

[CynicalBear]

Paul set the rules. I didn’t. The Holy Spirit inspired Paul. Second guess the Holy Spirit all you want.

[DarkSavant]

Paul set the rules. I didn’t. The Holy Spirit inspired Paul. Second guess the Holy Spirit all you want.

Paul broke his own rules? The ones inspired by the Holy Spirit? Wouldn't that make him a false prophet?

[CynicalBear]

Take it up with the Holy Spirit. Or failing that just keep inserting words into scripture. I’ll take it as written.

[DarkSavant]

Take it up with the Holy Spirit. Or failing that just keep inserting words into scripture. I’ll take it as written.

Or maybe, just maybe, you are reading it out of context. Which makes more sense, you are reading the passage incorrectly, or Paul hypocritically went against the rules laid out by the Holy Spirit?

[CynicalBear]

>>Or maybe, just maybe, you are reading it out of context.<<

Like I said. Take it up with the Holy Spirit. Then do as you wish.

[StormPrepper]

“No, celibacy is NOT the ideal.”

Even more so, Paul said that forbidding to marry was the doctrine of the devil.

1 Tim 4:
1 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;

2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;

3 Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.

Paul was given a vision of the future where he sees false churches. He briefly mentions this and says that some will teach a doctrine of not getting married and others will teach against eating meat.

It is, what it is. There are only one church that teaches celibacy over marriage and only one that teaches against meat.

[Trapped Behind Enemy Lines]

I do think the Lord wants us to celebrate life, not celebate it. There is plenty of evidence of this in the Bible. We know there is a thing called Holy Matrimony-—but I have never heard of Holy Celibacy. Celibacy does need to be a requirement for service in this priesthood.