[DarkSavant]

No where in the above passage does Paul insist that celibacy must be a requirement for service in the priesthood. Quite the contrary, if you read Paul’s letter to Timothy, he HAS NO ISSUE WHATSOEVER with a married clergy.

Is celibacy the ideal Christian life?

Does it stand to reason that at least most of our spiritual leaders should follow the ideal laid out by Christ?

” A bishop then must be blameless, the HUSBAND OF ONE WIFE (emphasis added), vigilant, sober, of good behavior, given to hospitality, apt to teach.”

Paul was an apostle, a leader of the Church, and unmarried. Was he saying he was not suited for ministry because of this?

A discipline can change, but there is a good scriptural reason for the current discipline.

[Trapped Behind Enemy Lines]

No, celibacy is NOT the ideal.

It is not God’s plan. That’s why God created Adam AND Eve. Why God commands us to be fruitful and multiply. Why God created man and woman. The ideal Christian life is husband and wife and their children. That is also what Jesus teaches. The traditional family unit is ideal.

No where in the Bible does Paul state that celibacy is a requirement for service in the priesthood. Fact is no one in the Bible does.