Where is polygamy ever mentioned in the NT ?I believe there is a misunderstanding here.
I didn't read all of the posts But I did not see my viewpoint in any that I did read. We see the requirements for bishops, deacons, and elders in 1Timothy and Titus.
1 Timothy 3:2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
1 Timothy 3:12 Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
Titus 1:5-6 For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee:
If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly.
The criteria is one wife, as opposed to many wives. Polygamy still existed in Paul's day. Paul is saying God set marriage as one man and one woman. That's how it is to be practiced within the Christian church.
So can a person who has never been married, or a widower who was married, be allowed into these positions?
How does the Catholic Church allow for single men to be in these church positions?
Keep walking everybody.
May God bless,
Taz
Why do you use the catholic church as your guide to following biblical principals ?
Paul makes it know why a bishop must be married in 1 Tim 3:4-5..."One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;
5 (For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)