2. Where is clerical celibacy in the Bible? Biblical evidence for the discipline of celibacy can be found in both the Old and the New Testaments. In the Old, Jeremiah was forbidden by God to take a wife in order to enable him to fulfill his ministry better. “The word of the Lord ...
Celibacy became an ideal for the clergy in the East gradually, as it did in the West. In the fourth century we still find St. Gregory Nazianzen's father, who was Bishop of Nanzianzos, living with his wife, without scandal. But very soon after that the present Eastern rule obtained. I...
Biblical Reflections on Co-Creating with the Redeemer The Bible does not explicitly answer questions about co-creating with God and discerning whether to try to have children. In consulting Scripture regarding... W Kurz,A Carpenter 被引量: 0发表: 2012年 ...
St. Rocco Catholic Church is the first and oldest Italian Parish on Cleveland’s West Side, founded in 1914. It is known as a “Do-It-Yourself” parish because of the numerous self-building projects undertaken over the years by the parish members, including construction of the current church...
He says (and I’m just guessing that he’s right) that the word “rejoice” appears in the bible over 300 times. He also mentioned the difference between being happy and being joyful. Happiness is the feeling we get whereas joy is based on faith, and faith is a gift from God. Joy ...
The Poosh founder,who got engaged to the musician in October 2021, noted that reconnecting after the break made things hotter than ever. “Like, if you can’t have caffeine, when you have your first matcha, it’s so good.” Scroll on to see all the stars who got honest about abst...
16 The word of the Lord came to me: 2 You shall not take a wife, nor shall you have sons or daughters in this place. 3 For thus says the Lord concerning the sons and daughters who are born in this place, and concerning the mothers who bear them and the fathers who beget them ...
Clerical marriage and the English Reformation Contents: Introduction 'This act is in this country a monster': clerical marriage in England during the Reformation Celibate priesthood or married ministry?: the testimony of the Bible 'Good and holy men': clerical marriage and the examp......
aThe Protestant Reformation began when Martin Luther protested the papal approval for the grant of indulgences in Germany. Luther argued against not only indulgences but also in opposition to the general authority of the pope, monasticism, clerical celibacy, and the restriction of the Bible to the...