First Book of Timothy Quotes
A bishop must be irreproachable, married only once, temperate, self-controlled, decent, hospitable, able to teach.
Initially Bishops were married with the desirability that they be monogamous and of generally decent character. Marriage prohibition for priests came later.
New Testament, First Book of Timothy, 3:2
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Many whites applauded his views when they corresponded to Christian mores of the time.
At the time polygamy was approved of by the Mormons. However they were pressured to accept monogamy in order to have peace with the rest of the nation. The Mormon church changed its doctrine and Mormons may only have a single wife. However, there are some dissident Mormon groups that still illegally practice polygamy.
A conservative Calvinist weekly periodical. Just as today, there were few politicians who could stand up to such a test.
Gregory the Great. “Emoluments” included the income from all lands and other church property, gifts and tithes, and income of any sort. This formula characterized the division of resources for the better part of Christian history. By today’s standard, the proportion for these Bishops (there were those who chose poverty) and his household seems astoundingly high—his income and sustenance was the equal of all the priests in the bishopric. It illustrates the affluence of the bishops who were major forces in their territories. One of the rationales for such an affluent bishop (the assets were not all personal but he had control of them) was that he should be at least the equal of any in the area including kings and nobles for he was to have as much influence as they. It is difficult today to look at modern bishops and realize how their role, power, relative wealth, and influence has changed. Bishops had their own armies, judiciary, accountants, attorneys and were a government unto themselves.
This is the biblical passage which causes so much trouble in modern society. Literal adherence to this passage produces a sexist environment which is at odds with many modern norms of fairness and equity. Thus, religious fundamentalists are in conflict with most others. At the same time this passage serves as a justification of sexism for some.
His quotations are very important because he wrote many of the Islamic legal opinions that governed Muslim Spain and influenced the Arabs of North Africa. There are many in the modern world who tend to agree with this view of priestly celabicy especially in the light of the Roman Catholic Sex Scandals involving priests throughout the world of the beginning of the 21st century.
