*Chukwuemerie, it is so clear that you are here to criticise and
ridicule the Catholic Church and not report what you heard the priest
saying on the phone because from your caption it says 'IMAGINE WHAT
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH HAS TURNED INTO'. This also shows that the
Catholic Church is not the only church you have been criticising. Oga
you are a 'Church Critic.'
*Chukwuemerie I dare you to put up such write up about the Muslims or
their Mohammed, you will be causing the death of thousands of
Christians around the world and if such happens, we(Christians) will
trace your family house and do justice to whoever we see around your
family house or village. It's a shame that we take the world of
Christianity for granted. You won't see such happen in the Muslim
world. Not even a muslim will see something bad about their clergy and
bring it to the press, it is only done among we Christians and its
bad. No respect for Christianity.
*I stand to correct you that the Catholic Priests are humans like you
and they all have male organs. They experience sexual urge like you
and I. They also get attracted to the opposite sex. It is our duty as
followers to put them in prayers.
*Your parents Mr. & Mrs Uduchukwu were not born as at the time the
Catholic Church came up with their constitution which one of them is
the Celibacy issue. So who are you to question that?
*What is expected of you since you are offended by what you heard
while the priest was making call, there are ways to go about it that's
if you are a catholic. We have a Bishop that oversees the affairs of a
diocese in which the priest is serving. You can go lay your complains
there or meet a church elder that will advice you. By then you might
have washed off your hands from that evil you heard or saw than coming
this way.
Well spoken. I hope d idiot gets it
ReplyDeleteWell spoken.. We should truly put them including all Men and women of God in Prayers, that they do not fall into temptation.. We ask this through christ our Lord Amen
ReplyDeleteGud work bro!
ReplyDeleteStanley, I was reading your write up with intention of seeing a tangible and a meaningful approach to correct a mistake if Chukwuemerie did any. But, to my dismay it was ridden with religious jingoism, abuses, lack of knowledge and wf myopic sense of reasoning. Celibacy is a word satan gave catholics to cover up evil. Every priest must observe righteousness and purity. They are suppose to be light and not darkness. The catholics are shielding evil. Was it not on this site that a nun was exposed throwing away her baby in a basket. However, not only those priests can be victims but they always claim to be saints. Prayers should be offered for pastors and men of God that know why they are called of God. Prayer should be offered for servants of Jesus Christ not catholic priests that don't know whom dey r serving. Prayer works when the person being prayed for is REALLY interested. Not those hooligans in white sutan. Deceiving their followers and disvirgining their daughters and their handsome Sons. They priests castigate their prayerful colleagues like Mbaka. So, Why the hullabaloo about praying for them? Pastors and not those sexmaniacs in sutan NEED PRAYERS. May God give you hypocrites understanding, Amen.
ReplyDeleteBonaventure u saying dis tinz abt d catholic church jus shows how ignorant u are.Nobody is perfect and u can't castigate d 1st church christ himself founded wen he gave d keys 2 peter and told him dat watever he bounds on earth is bound in heaven and watever he loose on earth is loosed in heaven.Paul who wrote most of letters in d bible was he married?or maybe u wil say it was d devil dat ask him 2 since u said catholics use celibacy as a shield 4 evil.its only God dat wil save u 4rm going astray.bcos christ makes evrytin perfect so his church is perfect bt d members wich includes d clergy and laity are nt dats is why dey nid ar prayers and support
ReplyDeleteAnother, quite different Fundamentalist confusion is the notion that celibacy is unbiblical, or even "unnatural." Every man, it is claimed, must obey the biblical injunction to "Be fruitful and multiply" (Gen. 1:28); and Paul commands that "each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband" (1 Cor. 7:2). It is even argued that celibacy somehow "causes," or at least correlates with higher incidence of, illicit sexual behavior or perversion.
ReplyDeleteAll of this is false. Although most people are at some point in their lives called to the married state, the vocation of celibacy is explicitly advocated—as well as practiced—by both Jesus and Paul.
So far from "commanding" marriage in 1 Corinthians 7, in that very chapter Paul actually endorses celibacy for those capable of it: "To the unmarried and the widows I say that it is well for them to remain single as I am. But if they cannot exercise self-control, they should marry. For it is better to marry than to be aflame with passion" (7:8-9).
It is only because of this "temptation to immorality" (7:2) that Paul gives the teaching about each man and woman having a spouse and giving each other their "conjugal rights" (7:3); he specifically clarifies, "I say this by way of concession, not of command. I wish that all were as I myself am. But each has his own special gift from God, one of one kind and one of another" (7:6-7, emphasis added).
Paul even goes on to make a case for preferring celibacy to marriage: "Are you free from a wife? Do not seek marriage. . . those who marry will have worldly troubles, and I would spare you that. . . . The unmarried man is anxious about the affairs of the Lord, how to please the Lord; but the married man is anxious about worldly affairs, how to please his wife, and his interests are divided. And the unmarried woman or girl is anxious about the affairs of the Lord, how to be holy in body and spirit; but the married woman is anxious about worldly affairs, how to please her husband" (7:27-34).
Paul’s conclusion: He who marries "does well; and he who refrains from marriage will do better" (7:38).
Paul was not the first apostle to conclude that celibacy is, in some sense, "better" than marriage. After Jesus’ teaching in Matthew 19 on divorce and remarriage, the disciples exclaimed, "If such is the case between a man and his wife, it is better not to marry" (Matt 19:10). This remark prompted Jesus’ teaching on the value of celibacy "for the sake of the kingdom":
"Not all can accept this word, but only those to whom it is granted. Some are incapable of marriage because they were born so; some, because they were made so by others; some, because they have renounced marriage for the sake of the kingdom of God. Whoever can accept this ought to accept it" (Matt. 19:11–12).
Notice that this sort of celibacy "for the sake of the kingdom" is a gift, a call that is not granted to all, or even most people, but is granted to some. Other people are called to marriage. It is true that too often individuals in both vocations fall short of the requirements of their state, but this does not diminish either vocation, nor does it mean that the individuals in question were "not really called" to that vocation. The sin of a priest doesn’t necessarily prove that he never should have taken a vow of celibacy, any more than the sin of a married man or woman proves that he or she never should have gotten married. It is possible for us to fall short of our own true calling.
Celibacy is neither unnatural nor unbiblical. "Be fruitful and multiply" is not binding upon every individual; rather, it is a general precept for the human race. Otherwise, every unmarried man and woman of marrying age would be in a state of sin by remaining single, and Jesus and Paul would be guilty of advocating sin as well as committing it.