Does the "husband of one wife" requirement mean that polygamy was common in the early church?

[pandaflower]

And you did not see the humour in what I had penned either.

It wasn't humor.

Eve didn't do anything to all mankind.

It was by one man,Adam,that sin entered this world.

Adam did that to all mankind.

 

[St. SteVen]

It wasn't humor.

Eve didn't do anything to all mankind.

It was by one man,Adam,that sin entered this world.

Adam did that to all mankind.

I wonder how things would have turned out if Adam had refused to eat when Eve offered the fruit to him.

--- PARODY ---

Serpent: Did God really say... ?
Eve: He said don't eat and don't touch.
Adam: Oops, my bad, I said don't touch.
Eve: What?! God didn't say that? !!!
Adam: No, I added that because
I know you like to touch things without thinking.
Eve: So, you don't trust me? !!!
Adam: I'm looking out for our best interests. My job.
Eve: I see.
Serpent: Are you going to eat, or not? !!!
Eve: Let me check with the boss. - LOL
Adam: Scram serpent!
Serpent: Hiss... (walks away dejected)
Eve: Hey, let's check out that other tree.
Adam: Good idea!

Indeed.

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[pandaflower]

I wonder how things would have turned out if Adam had refused to eat when Eve offered the fruit to him.

--- PARODY ---

Serpent: Did God really say... ?
Eve: He said don't eat and don't touch.
Adam: Oops, my bad, I said don't touch.
Eve: What?! God didn't say that? !!!
Adam: No, I added that because
I know you like to touch things without thinking.
Eve: So, you don't trust me? !!!
Adam: I'm looking out for our best interests. My job.
Eve: I see.
Serpent: Are you going to eat, or not? !!!
Eve: Let me check with the boss. - LOL
Adam: Scram serpent!
Serpent: Hiss... (walks away dejected)
Eve: Hey, let's check out that other tree.
Adam: Good idea!

Indeed.

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Serpent "walks away dejected"

 

[quietthinker]

Does the "husband of one wife" requirement mean that polygamy was common in the early church?​

Could it be the 'early church' was bought about because one of the wives was so miffed she kicked him out of the bed?

 

[Taken]

Why does the Apostle Paul require that
church Elders be the "husband of one wife" if
polygamy wasn't common in the church?

I do not know “IF” polygamy was common among early clerics.

I would say;
Polygamy is a tradition instituted by men.
Clerics hold the status and position to lead men to God…
Rather than to be lead by men in their man-made traditions.
Thus Paul’s teaching for a cleric to have One Wife, dividing his time between wife and Church, Rather than Dedicating time to multiple wives and little time for Church Service.

Glory to God,
Taken

 

[Lambano]

Serpent "walks away dejected"

Not only is he a talking snake, he's also a walking snake.

 

[St. SteVen]

I do not know “IF” polygamy was common among early clerics.

That wasn't the question. It certainly wasn't. (not even allowed)

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[Behold]

Why does the Apostle Paul require that
church Elders be the "husband of one wife" if

He means... married only once, never divorced.

 

[pandaflower]

Not only is he a talking snake, he's also a walking snake.

I do not know “IF” polygamy was common among early clerics.

I would say;
Polygamy is a tradition instituted by men.
Clerics hold the status and position to lead men to God…
Rather than to be lead by men in their man-made traditions.
Thus Paul’s teaching for a cleric to have One Wife, dividing his time between wife and Church, Rather than Dedicating time to multiple wives and little time for Church Service.

Glory to God,
Taken

Could we ever know if cleric polygamy was a thing?

In the early RCC priests were married,and had sex. Peter, whom they say was the first pope,was married.

 

[Taken]

Could we ever know if cleric polygamy was a thing?

Multiple marriages among humans in multiple professions historically, modernly, occurred, occurs.
I think the gravity more so is a human being yoked with The Lord God, or not.

In the early RCC priests were married,and had sex.

Seems that was so.

Peter, whom they say was the first pope,was married.

Scripture indicates Peter at some point had a wife, agree.
First pope? Fanciful, concocted claim.

Glory to God,
Taken

 

[St. SteVen]

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[pandaflower]

Multiple marriages among humans in multiple professions historically, modernly, occurred, occurs.
I think the gravity more so is a human being yoked with The Lord God, or not.

Overall they're two different things.
One with a spouse,one with God.

Seems that was so.

Yes.

Scripture indicates Peter at some point had a wife, agree.
First pope? Fanciful, concocted claim.

Glory to God,
Taken

That's a synopsis of the entirety of the RCC.

 

[Taken]

Overall they're two different things.
One with a spouse,one with God.

Sure.
Everything That Scripturally teaches godly behaviors BETWEEN manKIND…
IS in preparation for a Relationship between A man and God…

Promise faithfulness by your word…???
Keep your word.
Men accept broken promises.
God doesn’t.

Warning… with God… be diligent, be sure, what your word says TO God, shall stand.

 

[VictoryinJesus]

Matthew 19:8. Jesus said " from the beginning it was not so" concerning divorce, referring to Genesis 2:24 - shall a man leave his father and his mother and shall cleave unto his wife, and they shall be one flesh.

The Apostle Paul called it a mystery Ephesians 5:31-33 - “For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.” 32 This is a great mystery, but I speak concerning Christ and the church. 33 Nevertheless let each one of you in particular so love his own wife as himself and let the wife see that she respects her husband.

There is difference in they shall be one flesh
And
1 Corinthians 6:16-17 What? know you not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh. [17] But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.

 

[VictoryinJesus]

Does the "husband of one wife" requirement mean that polygamy was common in the early church?

The “husband of one wife”
Is Christ the husband of one wife?
We make it literal but could it be that what it really shows is you can’t be joined to a whore and to the Lord at the same time. You can’t serve men and God. You can’t serve the law of sin unto death and obedience unto righteousness …the husband of one wife. what children did Paul teach if not the children born of God whereby you are joined to Christ in One Spirit…?

 

[Rockerduck]

There is difference in they shall be one flesh
And
1 Corinthians 6:16-17 What? know you not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh. [17] But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.

It is a mystery, and the Apostle Paul said it was so. You can't know it.

 

[VictoryinJesus]

It is a mystery, and the Apostle Paul said it was so. You can't know it.

what does that have to do with simply pointing out 1 Corinthians 6:16-17 What? know you not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, said he, shall be one flesh. [17] But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.

 

[Prycejosh1987]

Jesus said it, He said a man and a woman would leave their parents and become one flesh.

 

[BeforeThereWas]

I do not know “IF” polygamy was common among early clerics.

I would say;
Polygamy is a tradition instituted by men.
Clerics hold the status and position to lead men to God…
Rather than to be lead by men in their man-made traditions.
Thus Paul’s teaching for a cleric to have One Wife, dividing his time between wife and Church, Rather than Dedicating time to multiple wives and little time for Church Service.

Glory to God,
Taken

Actually, God gave to David two more wives in addition to what he already had. Nathan the prophet revealed that directly from God Himself.

God commanded in the Mosaic Law the taking of a dead brother's wife if his brother died with no heir, and that command was not based on the living brothers marital status.

Not all polygamous marriages among the Patriarchs were riddled with problems. We read nothing problematic in Gideon's marriage to MANY wives and others throughout.

The social/cultural tendency here in the West toward Polygyny is pathetic because it assumes that our current traditions are superior. I'll agree that having a singular wife is best given that most modern men today are not capable of loving more than one wife, or even just one for that matter given the serialized polygamy that dominates Western culture through divorce and remarriage with modern people feeling so smugly superior to the ancients in the midst of our horrific crisis in marital values.

It's pathetic, false teaching pastors who don't have the spine to address this set of modern mindsets that feeds the fires of prideful indifference to our current state in marriages. Rarely will we hear a word of condemnation against the most common reasoning behind divorce, and that being "incompatibility."

I dare say that there are many couples today who have that pathetic piece of paper from their local governing body who are still living together in adultery with a subsequent spouse because of illegitimate divorces in their past, thinking that God is bound by legal court maneuvers as legitimizing their first or subsequent divorce(s) from previous marriage(s).

Yep. We love thinking of ourselves as smashingly superior to the Patriarchs who had many wives each, including Abraham, but what really have we got today that is all that superior over which to brag?

MM

 

[Taken]

Yep. We love thinking of ourselves as smashingly superior to the Patriarchs who had many wives each, including Abraham, but what really have we got today that is all that superior over which to brag?

MM

Descriptive VS Prescriptive.
Conditions.