How do Catholic Proponents of Priestly Celibacy Interpret Peter having a wife?
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Catholics would say that Peter (by virtue of being first Pope) is a Bishop. How would such Catholics (though not all Catholics hold to this view) that say Priests must be unmarried and celibate respond to Matthew 8:14, which says that:
>14 And when Jesus entered Peter's house, he saw his mother-in-law lying sick with a fever. (ESV)
Note the use of "mother in-law". This implies that Peter was married.
Again, how do they respond to this?
Asked by Luke Hill
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Nov 29, 2021, 04:50 PM
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