Matriarchal longhouse in action
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The bible specifically excludes women for priesthood. Are they calling the bible a "sin"?
It's because priests should be celibate and women should be wives and mothers. No man is going to fight and die so his woman can kill their kids, cheat on him with a train of foreigners and rob him blind in divorce court.
Celibate simply means you're not married. Priests must also be continent, because otherwise he cannot celebrate the mass. It is actually more important that he be continent than celibate.
What do you mean by continent here?
That he doesn't shit his pants.
Continence is to hold back from something that is licit, akin to fasting.
In the early church, many priests (including some apostles) were married, and thus not celibate. As married men, it was licit for them to have sex with their wives, and would have been considered chaste conduct. As priests, though, it was not permissible. They could not perform priestly duties while having recently been with their wives, because of the spiritual reality of those duties.
It means self restraining. I don't know the difference between celibate and continent in this context
I know it's part of Catholic tradition now, but is there a Bible verse commanding teachers and leaders of the church to be celibate?
The closest thing I can find is the requirements for bishops in 1st Timothy, chapter 3:
Wait, no, that's saying the opposite. Guess legit, biblical bishops no longer exist.
Thank you sir.
1 Corinthians 7 has a few things at least related, none would be something I’d call a requirement.
This probably being the most specific:
The entire chapter gives more context about the roles of men and women though. I could speculate Catholics use this chapter because it does seem to imply that being unmarried and dedicated to the Lord is at least a bit better than marriage.
Okay, thank you for responding. That at least somewhat answers it. I just disagree with the Catholic tradition of keeping their church leaders celibate. It's dysgenic, leads to sexual immorality, is contrary to God's command for us to be fruitful and multiply, and isn't well supported in scripture. From my own reading of the Bible, I never saw celibacy for church leaders stated as a requirement. As an example, there's what u/BeefyBelisarius posted. In my own exploration of the faith, I've learned of quite a few false church doctrines being practiced in the Christian church, spread across numerous denominations, which take specific segments of scripture and elevate them beyond everything else, ignoring the totality of scripture, which provides more nuance, and leads to misinterpretation and sin. As such, it's made it borderline impossible to find a church home. I'm almost to the point of just starting a small Bible study with like minded people in my own home, to at least "gather with the saints" in some regard.