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I was not putting down marriage in any way. I never said that married people are unworthy and single people are more worthy. Marriage is actually one of the seven sacraments in the Catholic and Orthodox Churches. Because it is a sacrament, it is regarded as sacred and holy. Our priests and...

Hi Jiggfly, In 1 Timothy 3, St. Paul is telling Timothy the kind of character a bishop or priest should have. St. Paul is not making marriage a requirement because he himself is single and even stated that it is good to be single (1 Corinthians 7:32-34). St. Paul was single and he never got...

Well said. Thank you for sharing this. I often find it hard to forgive. It does take time. I find that the more I dwell on what the person did to me, the harder to forgive and the more difficult to move forward.

Hello Jiggfly, It does not matter if the man is single or married. St. Paul was single and he managed God's Church very well. In the Catholic Church, chastity is not a dogma. It is a discipline. The Catholic Church have accepted married priests into the Church. In fact, an ordained deacon...

Actually, the number of Catholic priests have increased over the years especially in the continents of Asia and Africa. According to Statistics: http://www.zenit.org/article-28425?l=english

By "priest", I was referring to being an "ordained priest." You are correct that God called everyone to be priests to Him. By this, we are all called to spread the Gospel and even evangelize. I am a female, and I can preach the Gospel and evangelize, but I cannot be an "ordained priest" or...

This is what happens when you try to figure out God with human logic. Jesus is God and He is also the Father. Jesus and the Father are one and the same. Jesus did not separate Himself from the Father when He claimed to be one with the Father. As Christians, we simply accept that God is three...

He makes those short responses because he can't find anything in the Bible saying that Jesus chose a woman to become His Apostle. :D

Hello UHCAIan, God did not call any woman to become priests because it is not their role to become priests. That is very clear in the Scriptures. God created men and women equally, but DIFFERENTLY. He assigned them different roles. Women can speak in Church because they are allowed to...

In the biblical verse you quoted, it states, "Do not stop him." It did not say "her." God will not go against His own will. From the beginning, He gave man to be the role to be priests. Even in the Old Testament, God's chosen people (the Jews) did not have female priests. God called only...

The answer is yes. We worship the Holy Spirit because He is God. God is three persons in one. God is the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

The husband is always the head of the household even if the wife earns more money than him or even if the wife is more intelligent than him. If the husband is disabled, the wife is there to help her husband, but she is not there to take away his status.

God does not go against His word. Since the beginning, God made Adam the authority and protector (See Genesis 2:18). Since the beginning, God created Eve to help Adam, but this does not mean that she is inferior to Adam. "You are bones of my bones, and flesh of my flesh" said Adam to Eve...

My brother, I am not mixing anything. It is true that Christ picked all men to be His Apostles, and Chirst is God. God is not a sexist. This is His will, and this is what we need to follow. We are not supposed to follow the modern world or even our own will. A lot of times we think we know...

Hello Kaoticprofit, It is not the Jews that should be followed, and it is not the world that we should follow. It is Christ that should be followed. Christ made His choice when He chose His Apostles. None of the Apostles were women, and Christ is not sexist. There were other roles that God...

Hello Kaoticprofit, The words "servant", "minister", and "deacon" are not used in the same way. In Phebe's case, she is the servant (diakonos) of the Church. The Bible used the English word "servant" to describe Phebe's position in the Church. Other Bibles even use the word "minister."...

Yes, I agree. I do not understand how Dave Jones could imply that we have a bad version of God's Word and claim that Christ is guilty of Unbelief. Perhaps, he did not understand the Lamsa version.

I agree with Amazing Grace. Christ came to save mankind. That was His whole purpose. He knows that God did not forsake Him.

I agree. We are all equal. Adam even said to Eve, "you are bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh." We are equal as human beings, but God also created us different. The body of Christ has many different parts despite that all are one body. Jesus did not choose any female to become His...

It was Jesus who made the connection, and that is all that matters. :) Jesus did not come to save Himself because He was already saved. He came to save mankind. If mankind knew who He is and believed in Him, they would be saved.