The sex offenses of Catholic priests against youth have come into the headlines of today. Why is this? Dear Catholic friend, if you read Leviticus 21:13, 14 the priests (Levites) were to be married! God chose Aaron, Moses' brother, to be the high priest and to minister before the LORD in the Tabernacle. Aaron's family tree is given in 1 Chronicles 6:49-53. Where did Aaron's sons come from? He had a wife! Now, going to the N.T., we find that Zacharias, a priest, was married to Elisabeth (Luke 1) and they had a son named John, who baptized the Lord Jesus.
We also find that the apostle Peter was married (Matt. 8:14, 15; Mark 1:28-31). Finally, the Bible gives the requirements of a bishop or pastor: "A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behavior, given to hopitality, apt to teach;" This is a considerable list of requirements but number 2 is to be married! (1Tim. 3:1-13). If your church has erred in this, could they have made others?
2006-10-30
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