http://www.biblebc.com/Roman%20Catholicism/Serious_Questions.htm
Mt 19:12 - Jesus celebrates celibacy and was Himself celibate... See More
Jer 16:1-4 - Jeremiah told not to take a wife and children
1 Cor 7:8 - Paul was celibate
1 Cor 7:32-35 Paul recommends celibacy to devote oneself entirely to God
1 Tim 5:9-12 pledge of celibacy taken by older widows
But let's get to the heart of the author's question.
Let's say I want to be a bishop. So I go to Paul and he says, sorry dude, you have to be the husband of one wife. So even though I want to follow the Lord completely, I have to be married first. So even though I don't want to get married I choose to do so because I want to be a bishop and serve God.
So I find a wife and I go back to Paul and say, "I got married I want to be a bishop now." And Paul says, "sorry you don't have any children (this emphasis was made by the author on the website)." So I go back to my wife and try to have children but I find out that she is not able to have children.
So I go back to Paul and tell him, we can't have kids, and Paul says, "sorry, even though I think you'd make a great bishop unless you are married and have kids, you can't become a bishop." Really? Is that what the author would have us believe.
So now all I wanted to do was serve the God as a bishop and I was forced to marry a woman I didn't want to even marry and I still can't become a bishop because she is not able to have children. But I had no way of knowing that she couldn't have children before we were married and I can't get divorced and marry someone else because Jesus teaches against that too.
Do you see how ludicrous this thinking actually is when you reason it out to it's logical conclusions.
What Paul is saying to Timothy is that if you are going to be a bishop you cannot be married to more than one wife. Why? Because that goes against Christian teaching. And if you do have children and want to be a bishop, it must be demonstrated that your children are well behaved and not reckless and disobedient. For how can a man attempt to bring order and discipline to an entire church if he can't even do so with his children at home?
However, in 23 of the 24 Rites of the Catholic Church, priests can be married. And even in the Roman or Latin Rite of the Church, there are a few exceptions of married priests, most of which are converts who came from the Anglican Church.
Catholics are free to disagree with this church discipline. This custom is not apart of the Deposit of Faith (Faith and Morals) and therefore, unlike the male only Priesthood, the Church can dispense with this custom whenever she chooses.
On a total side note if you read just about 10 verses later in 1 Tim 3:15 it states that the church is the pillar and foundation of the truth. The bible never says that the bible is the pillar and foundation of the truth but it does say that the church is.
8) WHY does the Roman Catholic Church require its ministers to be unmarried, and called “priests” when the Bible says they are to be married, and simply calls them pastors, teachers, and bishops?This is a question worth asking according to the author. Interesting because the Catholic Church teaches that the celibacy requirement of those who receive the Sacrament of Holy Orders, which includes Deacons, Priests, and Bishops, is not a teaching of God. It is a tradition of men, but this tradition of men does not nullify the Word of God, but rather upholds it.
Mt 19:12 - Jesus celebrates celibacy and was Himself celibate... See More
Jer 16:1-4 - Jeremiah told not to take a wife and children
1 Cor 7:8 - Paul was celibate
1 Cor 7:32-35 Paul recommends celibacy to devote oneself entirely to God
1 Tim 5:9-12 pledge of celibacy taken by older widows
But let's get to the heart of the author's question.
Let's say I want to be a bishop. So I go to Paul and he says, sorry dude, you have to be the husband of one wife. So even though I want to follow the Lord completely, I have to be married first. So even though I don't want to get married I choose to do so because I want to be a bishop and serve God.
So I find a wife and I go back to Paul and say, "I got married I want to be a bishop now." And Paul says, "sorry you don't have any children (this emphasis was made by the author on the website)." So I go back to my wife and try to have children but I find out that she is not able to have children.
So I go back to Paul and tell him, we can't have kids, and Paul says, "sorry, even though I think you'd make a great bishop unless you are married and have kids, you can't become a bishop." Really? Is that what the author would have us believe.
So now all I wanted to do was serve the God as a bishop and I was forced to marry a woman I didn't want to even marry and I still can't become a bishop because she is not able to have children. But I had no way of knowing that she couldn't have children before we were married and I can't get divorced and marry someone else because Jesus teaches against that too.
Do you see how ludicrous this thinking actually is when you reason it out to it's logical conclusions.
What Paul is saying to Timothy is that if you are going to be a bishop you cannot be married to more than one wife. Why? Because that goes against Christian teaching. And if you do have children and want to be a bishop, it must be demonstrated that your children are well behaved and not reckless and disobedient. For how can a man attempt to bring order and discipline to an entire church if he can't even do so with his children at home?
However, in 23 of the 24 Rites of the Catholic Church, priests can be married. And even in the Roman or Latin Rite of the Church, there are a few exceptions of married priests, most of which are converts who came from the Anglican Church.
Catholics are free to disagree with this church discipline. This custom is not apart of the Deposit of Faith (Faith and Morals) and therefore, unlike the male only Priesthood, the Church can dispense with this custom whenever she chooses.
On a total side note if you read just about 10 verses later in 1 Tim 3:15 it states that the church is the pillar and foundation of the truth. The bible never says that the bible is the pillar and foundation of the truth but it does say that the church is.
No comments:
Post a Comment