tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2711792045114629141.post6306292350846607535..comments2017-12-12T18:55:56.528-06:00Comments on Cookie's Jar of Clay: True or False (Teachers) Part 2Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2711792045114629141.post-4869853895500409892012-07-12T00:37:56.875-05:002012-07-12T00:37:56.875-05:00Hi Cookie!
http://solutions-finder.blogspot.com/2...Hi Cookie!<br /><br />http://solutions-finder.blogspot.com/2012/07/rome-does-not-forbid-priests-and-nuns.htmlGerry Solimanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13286763935979087895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2711792045114629141.post-52812179473834230052011-07-12T00:38:31.311-05:002011-07-12T00:38:31.311-05:00Hi Cookie,
FEBC is organizing a Christian blogge...Hi Cookie,<br /><br /><br />FEBC is organizing a Christian bloggers' fellowship on July 18, 6pm at GCF. Details po here at my blog: http://www.penstalker.com/2011/christian-bloggers-fellowship/<br /><br />Hope you can come.<br /><br />MightyMightyhttp://www.penstalker.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2711792045114629141.post-31564837901618152352011-06-29T15:06:28.477-05:002011-06-29T15:06:28.477-05:00You see, my friend, many of the Catholic's fai...You see, my friend, many of the Catholic's faithful do not really understand what's what because they only take the words given to them by those in authority. Hook, line, and sinker we embrace their sweetly presented explanation that it is JUST a "recommendation" just like the apostle Paul has mentioned. But if indeed it was solely for a recommended discipline, WHY IN GOD'S NAME WOULD THEY FORBID THOSE WHO ARE ALREADY PRIESTS AND NUNS to marry if they so choose to decide to do so? We indeed read Paul recommending celibacy for those who have the will to follow that path BUT can I ask you to read the whole chapter 7 instead of just those plucked out verses? My point here is this, the Bible is clear that FORBIDDING to MARRY is a doctrine of demons. That is why the apostle Paul himself said these in the beginning verses of 1 Corinthians chapter 7, before he "recommended" celibacy:<br /><br />Now concerning the things about which you wrote, it is good for a man not to touch a woman. BUT because of immoralities, each man is to have his own wife, and each woman is to have her own husband... (1 Cor. 7:1-2) Yet I wish that all men were even as I myself am. HOWEVER, each man has his own gift from God, one in this manner, and another in that. But I say to the unmarried and to widows that it is good for them if they remain even as I. BUT IF THEY DO NOT HAVE SELF-CONTROL, LET THEM MARRY; FOR IT IS BETTER TO MARRY THAN TO BURN WITH PASSION. (1 Cor. 7:7-8)<br /><br />You see, my dear friend, if Paul were to speak to the Catholic clergy today, he would have spoken harshly also to those who were responsible for the "teaching" of forbidding marriage to the clergy. This is exactly why it is called the teachings of demons because it allows an individual to BURN WITH PASSION and not having a spouse to share this burden with, therefore leading to the many fornication and sexual abominations seen within the clergy of the Catholic church today! <br /><br />As I've mentioned in my other post, I am not a protestant. :) I'm a believer in CHRIST JESUS. And by the way, a recommendation is what it is exactly, just a recommendation or a suggestion. It should never be imposed as a MUST even to those who are in the clergy already. Marriage is a gift from God, my friend, and it is another beautiful avenue to show to the world the kind of love Christ has for His church--although a tougher route I should say, echoing that which the apostle Paul points out. ;)<br /><br />Encounter God's Truth, Franklin... it's in HIS WORD. Be blessed, my friend! <3Cookiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18318762086503373060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2711792045114629141.post-63322483734277055962011-06-29T15:06:18.421-05:002011-06-29T15:06:18.421-05:00Hi Franklin!
I praise the LORD for your time in my...Hi Franklin!<br />I praise the LORD for your time in my blog. You are training me into becoming a Bible apologetic! (Hahaha) <br /><br />Anyway, I guess we all become one when we encounter God's Truth since we learn from the Master, from HIS Word and are called to share it with others.<br /><br />With all due respect (and love) for you my friend, I'd like for you to know that I beg to disagree with your statement about my misunderstanding the Catholic Church's teaching. It is because I CAME TO UNDERSTAND IT when I read my Catholic Bible that I was compelled to follow Christ's way instead of the Catholic's way of teaching.<br /><br />Uhm, may you need to read my sentence on Celibacy again ... because I believe I wrote (and I quote) "Forbidding marriage is one of the main doctrines of the Catholic church for its CLERGY." I never said it was a doctrine for everybody else, but it was an (imposed) teaching for the clergy. And no, this is not a misunderstanding of it because allow me to quote from the Catholic Catechism on Celibacy itself which said:<br /><br />"1580 In the Eastern Churches a different discipline has been in force for many centuries: while bishops are chosen solely from among celibates, married men can be ordained as deacons and priests. This practice has long been considered legitimate; these priests exercise a fruitful ministry within their communities. 73 Moreover, priestly celibacy is held in great honor in the Eastern Churches and many priests have freely chosen it for the sake of the Kingdom of God. In the East as in the West a man WHO HAS ALREADY RECEIVED THE SACRAMENT of Holy Orders CAN <b>NO LONGER</b> MARRY. (emphasis added)<br /><br />Notes:<br /><br />73 Cf. PO 16.<br /><br />English Translation of the Cathechism of the Catholic Church for the United States of America © 1997, United States Catholic Conference, Inc."Cookiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18318762086503373060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2711792045114629141.post-74280196686795780062011-06-25T09:06:12.941-05:002011-06-25T09:06:12.941-05:00Hi Cookie,
It is no surprising that you walked aw...Hi Cookie,<br /><br />It is no surprising that you walked away from Rome because you misunderstood the Catholic Church's teaching. <br /><br />Why do I say this?<br /><br />Celibacy is not a Catholic "teaching" as you used the word. If it is, then all Catholics should not marry. <br /><br />Celibacy is only imposed as a matter of discipline to those who want to become a priest. No one is forced to become one. Abstention from sex is a matter of choice. <br /><br />"...He who is able to accept this, let him accept it.”(Mt.19:12)<br /><br />In 1 Cor. 7:32:35, St. Paul who himself is single recommends (not commands) celibacy.<br /><br />"But I want you to be free from concern. One who is unmarried is concerned about the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord; but one who is married is concerned about the things of the world, how he may please his wife, and his interests are divided. The woman who is unmarried, and the virgin, is concerned about the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and spirit; but one who is married is concerned about the things of the world, how she may please her husband. This I say for your own benefit; not to put a restraint upon you, but to promote what is appropriate and to secure undistracted devotion to the Lord. ” (NASB)<br /><br />"Celibacy is a discipline, not a doctrine. Thus, the Church allows certain exceptions to this requirement: for example, married Anglican priests who become Catholics can continue to be married even if they become Catholic priests."(Chacon and Burnham, 2004)<br /><br />Are you a protestant? Why are there so few celibate Protestant ministers when St. Paul encourages this?PREACH Mediahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10430856039232015335noreply@blogger.com