**1 Timothy 3:1-7 - New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)**

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Qualifications of Bishops

<1> The saying is sure: whoever aspires to the office of bishop desires a noble task. <2> Now a bishop must be above reproach, married only once, temperate, sensible, respectable, hospitable, an apt teacher, <3> not a drunkard, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, and not a lover of money. <4> He must manage his own household well, keeping his children submissive and respectful in every way— <5> for if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how can he take care of God's church? <6> He must not be a recent convert, or he may be puffed up with conceit and fall into the condemnation of the devil. <7> Moreover, he must be well thought of by outsiders, so that he may not fall into disgrace and the snare of the devil. ```

Lmaoing at unmarried priests

Especially making a requirement out of something that Paul himself was under virginity

Paul never made that a requirement.

We allow unmarried priests as well.

You really can't compare those who are married to those who dedicate their lives to God

The point is that, once you're ordained, everyone else in the Church is your spiritual child, so dating, marriage, etc. after that is a kind of spiritual incest.

1 Timothy 4:1-4

**1 Timothy 4:1-4 - New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)**

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False Asceticism

<1> Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will renounce the faith by paying attention to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons, <2> through the hypocrisy of liars whose consciences are seared with a hot iron. <3> They forbid marriage and demand abstinence from foods, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth. <4> For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected, provided it is received with thanksgiving; ```

I really dont get your point

You forbid priests to be married.

@Mozalbete ⳩ he's saying celibacy and fasting are heretical.

Never said fasting was heretical

Sure because that is what is expected froma priest

Which is stupid. Fasts are as old as the Church.

Nobody forces them to be priest

Abstain from certain foods

Marriage is not food friend

So is celibacy.

ABSTAIN FROM CERTAIN FOODS.

Marriage is not food, compadre

READ. ABSTAINING FROM CERTAIN FOODS IS NOT HERETICAL

Is heretical*

Luckily we are not talking about food

Fasting isn't. Fasting is good

1 Timothy 4:1-4

**1 Timothy 4:1-4 - New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)**

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False Asceticism

<1> Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will renounce the faith by paying attention to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons, <2> through the hypocrisy of liars whose consciences are seared with a hot iron. <3> They forbid marriage and demand abstinence from foods, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth. <4> For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected, provided it is received with thanksgiving; ```

Fasting includes abstaining from certain foods, hombre.

Forbidding marriage is sinful

So is divine virginity, which is why we ask that of priests

It is not forbidden, you are free to not to be a priest

We need to look at the context here.

Paul was just referring to Bishops, yes?

The context is it comes from a man who said consacrated virginity is the highest position

There is a difference between forbidding marriage, and choosing to stay a virgin.

So if someone was married (of course, to a single wife) when becoming bishop, it was expected that he would have no sex

There is a difference between forbidding marriage and choosing to be single.

So if you want marriage, what we ask is easy: dont be a priest

When someone is married the two become one flesh.

And a priest is married to the Church/congregation/whatever

Which is why priest's wives are honored like nobody else in Orthodoxy.