• Starting today August 7th, 2024, in order to post in the Married Couples, Courting Couples, or Singles forums, you will not be allowed to post if you have your Marital status designated as private. Announcements will be made in the respective forums as well but please note that if yours is currently listed as Private, you will need to submit a ticket in the Support Area to have yours changed.

so you know more than the pope?

Status
Not open for further replies.

Melethiel

Miserere mei, Domine
Site Supporter
Jun 8, 2005
27,287
940
35
Ohio
✟99,593.00
Faith
Lutheran
Marital Status
Married
Upvote 0

Stryder06

Check the signature
Jan 9, 2009
13,856
519
✟39,339.00
Faith
SDA
Marital Status
Married
No, traditions says that Peter was married.
Wasn't saying that. Was saying that tradition would be your source for saying that Peter was celibate.

It is by choice for all Catholics, whether they are clergy or not.

That choice is really not a choice. If you want to serve as a Priest you can't get married right?
 
Upvote 0

LittleLambofJesus

Hebrews 2:14.... Pesky Devil, git!
Site Supporter
May 19, 2015
125,550
28,531
74
GOD's country of Texas
Visit site
✟1,237,300.00
Country
United States
Gender
Male
Faith
Christian
Marital Status
Single
Politics
US-Libertarian
I can :wave:

I wish they'd do it more often, it's so hard to find a Tridentine Mass nowadays...
I haven't heard a Mass said in Latin since my early days of being a RC altar boy back in the '60s :sorry:

http://www.christianforums.com/t7524212/
Tridentine Mass HELP!?

OP

Hello, I've Off To My 3rd? Tridentine Mass Now, And The Church Is So Big I Cannot Hear The Priest Unless He's Singing, And That's Only Just. Also I Don't See Anyone Else Reply, I See Them Saying Rosaries And Looking At Their Missals, But How Do They Know How To Follow?! What Am I Supposed To Do During Mass?
In Christ,
Cam!
Happy 2011!
liturgy.gif
 
Upvote 0

Optimax

Senior Veteran
May 7, 2006
17,659
448
New Mexico
✟49,159.00
Gender
Male
Faith
Word of Faith
Marital Status
Married
Politics
US-Republican
Just out of curiosity, what is this thread about now? It would seem as if we've strayed away from the OP...

Gee, we have gotten so far from the OP I don't remember.


O something about the pope not knowing anything.
 
Upvote 0

LittleLambofJesus

Hebrews 2:14.... Pesky Devil, git!
Site Supporter
May 19, 2015
125,550
28,531
74
GOD's country of Texas
Visit site
✟1,237,300.00
Country
United States
Gender
Male
Faith
Christian
Marital Status
Single
Politics
US-Libertarian
Gee, we have gotten so far from the OP I don't remember.

O something about the pope not knowing anything.
Ummm, me thinkz it was the RCs implying that the RCs pope knew more than the rest of you ingnorant non-RCs :confused:
 
Upvote 0

Optimax

Senior Veteran
May 7, 2006
17,659
448
New Mexico
✟49,159.00
Gender
Male
Faith
Word of Faith
Marital Status
Married
Politics
US-Republican
Ummm, me thinkz it was the RCs pope implying he knew more than the rest of you ingonrant non-RCs :confused:

O Yeah, He had gone to all those semeteries where they never open a Bible and study it. They just study what someone else said about it, who had been to the same Semeteries and studied what someone else had said about the Bible, who had gone to the same Semeteries and............

Well you know.
 
Upvote 0

sbvd

Regular Member
Feb 8, 2011
420
44
✟15,752.00
Faith
Christian
Marital Status
Private
O Yeah, He had gone to all those semeteries where they never open a Bible and study it. They just study what someone else said about it, who had been to the same Semeteries and studied what someone else had said about the Bible, who had gone to the same Semeteries and............

Well you know.

1.- It is Seminary, just in case you are not throwing an easy pun.

2.- I attended one for two years.

3.- I was required to study my Bible daily.

4.- Some of the guys whom I read books from included the likes of Calvinus and Luther.
 
Upvote 0

simonthezealot

have you not read,what God has spoken unto you?
Apr 17, 2006
16,461
1,919
Minnesota
✟27,453.00
Faith
Non-Denom
Marital Status
Married
Politics
US-Others
How convenient. A general index that's missing half (the half that matters) of what your English translation says, not to mention the full context of the statements.
Page 449...How can you miss it?
 
Upvote 0

Optimax

Senior Veteran
May 7, 2006
17,659
448
New Mexico
✟49,159.00
Gender
Male
Faith
Word of Faith
Marital Status
Married
Politics
US-Republican
1.- It is Seminary, just in case you are not throwing an easy pun.

2.- I attended one for two years.

3.- I was required to study my Bible daily.

4.- Some of the guys whom I read books from included the likes of Calvinus and Luther.


No these guys went to a Semetery.

You went to a Seminary.

There are not the same.;)
 
Upvote 0

LittleLambofJesus

Hebrews 2:14.... Pesky Devil, git!
Site Supporter
May 19, 2015
125,550
28,531
74
GOD's country of Texas
Visit site
✟1,237,300.00
Country
United States
Gender
Male
Faith
Christian
Marital Status
Single
Politics
US-Libertarian
O Yeah, He had gone to all those semeteries where they never open a Bible and study it.
They just study what someone else said about it, who had been to the same Semeteries and studied what someone else had said about the Bible, who had gone to the same Semeteries and............

Well you know.
I attended a RC Seminary during my junior year of high school.....I couldn't quite get da Latin down tho...didn't make it to the 2nd year sigh :o :blush:

http://www.christianforums.com/t7388657/
Question concerning seminaries

quote OP:

Hi, I was wondering what exactly do you learn when you attend a seminary. Is there a pre-requisite for getting into one? Such as Greek, or Hebrew? Bible exposition is something I am very interested in and it seems seminary is the way to go.

PS - I am sorry if this is in the wrong forum, I wasn't sure where to post it.

YouTube - Pet Sematary Trailer (1989)
 
Upvote 0

daydreamergurl15

Daughter of the King
Dec 11, 2003
3,639
423
✟30,656.00
Faith
Christian
It's true, that is the evolution of the word.

Are you saying that only married men can be elders? The injunction is that they be the husband of only one wife (not many, not having mistresses), not that they MUST be married. Paul elsewhere encourages people to be celibate as he was.

No, I am not saying that only married men are to be elders....but the bible does however.

1 Timothy 3:1-7
This is a faithful saying: If a man desires the position of bishop, he desires a good work. A bishop than MUST BE blameless, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, or good behavior, hospitable, able to teach; not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for money, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not covetous; one who rules his own house well, having his children in submission with all reverence (for if a man does not know how to rule his house, how will he take care of the church of God?); not a novice, lest being puffed up with pride he falls into the same condemnation as the devil. Moreover he must have a good testimony among those who are outside, lest he falls into reproach and the snare of the devil.​

I honestly, don't understand how you can say that the qualification is that they should have a wife but then say that it is not a "must". It's a qualification, there are no exempts in place. And Paul encouraged those who are to be celibate to stay such, but for those who cannot, he says it is better to marry than to burn with passion.

As for Paul encouraging those who are to be celibate, well: Let's turn to the scriptures and see what it says:
1 Corinthians 7:6-9
Now I say this as a concession, not as a commandment. For I wish that all men were even as I myself. But each one has his own gift form God, one in this manner and another in that. but I say to the unmarried and to the widows: It is good for them if they remain even as I am; but if they cannot exercise self-control, let them marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion.​

The question was arisen to Christ as well:
This verse really starts in verses 1 but I'm going to skip down to 10-12 because it asks the question, directly.
Matthew 19:10-12
His disciples said to Him, "If such is the case of the man with his wife, it is better not to marry." But He said to them, "All cannot accept this saying, but only those to whom it has been given: For there are eunuchs who were born thus from their mother's womb, and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men, and there are eunuchs who have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven's sake. he who is able to accept it, let him accept it.​
In both cases of what Paul says and what Christ says, never are those eunuchs "apart" of the body and delegated to be part of a Priesthood. They simply lived their Christian life for Christ in the way that He have asked without marriage. They were not considered Priest, it was only their relationship lifestyle that was different from the other Christians who were married.
 
Last edited:
Upvote 0

sbvd

Regular Member
Feb 8, 2011
420
44
✟15,752.00
Faith
Christian
Marital Status
Private
Prerequisites vary from country to country and bishop to bishop.

Generally, you have to live in the seminary and study in some School of Theology for no less than 6 years. The courses vary from school to school, but they include some solid background in Philosophy, some History, a bit of art, Latin and Greek, perhaps Hebrew, Bible Studies and Theology proper. Priests candidates are usually further instructed, attend Mass daily and spend a lot of time in varied forms of prayer, which include several forms of Lectio Divina (studying the Bible).

It's a pretty intense experience.

[
 
Upvote 0
Status
Not open for further replies.