1 Corinthians 14:33
For God is not the God of dissension, but of peace: as also I teach in
all the churches of the saints.
An ignorant and blasphemous person said:
Yes, I am aware that the Vatican has chosen to allow Anglican/Episcopalian pastors to come into the Roman Catholic church in their married state. BUT, can a Roman Catholic priest today decide he wants to be married -- and stay in the priesthood? NO! You and I both know that. Sounds like a double standard to me.
You wouldn't know a double standard from your double chin. A Catholic that
becomes a priest knows what is expected of him and that's between him and
the church. No Priest or Pope will deny a protestant entry into the Church that
Jesus said everybody welcome, and if they are a minister with a wife that is an
agreement between he and the church and absolutely none of your business.
And, I wonder, since the Roman Catholic church is so desperate to bring in folks from other churches -- do you think they will allow Muslim Imams to also come into the church with their wives? Why not, if they are allowing other church clergy to bring in their wives?
The church isn't desperate to bring in other christians from other churches. They
want more to bring in non christians. If a Muslim converts to the Catholic Church
and even has a wife you would be the one to refuse them entry into the Jesus
founded church. You don't believe Jesus founded the Church as stated in the
Bible.
The Church you call Catholic doesn't belong to the Catholic people,
it belongs to Jesus and he will be here soon to collect his people which is what
the church actually always has been. No, God didn't go through all that trouble
to deny anyone who comes to Jesus with an open and repentant heart.
Can you see how this looks -- when the church has one set of rules for its own clergy -- but, will allow other clergy to "come as you are"? Desperation time?
It looks very good to God. "Desperation time"? not at all, come home time.
So, we are back to the same situation. Peter was married. Therefore, Peter could not be a Pope! And, since Peter was not a Pope -- he could not start a papal succession chain. Works for me.
So you're saying Jesus, the creator of the first true Christian Church doesn't
have the right to pick his own person in charge. You say Jesus made a stupid
mistake appointing Peter as head of his Church so all his other decisions are
just as wrong if one would be wrong. Once again billie you can't change
history and you can't change the Bible.
You can't win this because you stand on heretic legs. You do God no
favors when you blaspheme the holy spirit.