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Old 04-29-2008, 12:38 AM
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Originally Posted by Pilgrim View Post
This seems simple enough to us but unfortunately there are many who cannot or will not accept it and insist that a man must be married. More commonly you hear the more pragmatic refrain "well how can he relate if he's single and/or doesn't have children."
I've heard that same argument used many times against the Roman priesthood.

Was Paul an elder, or was elder an automatic subclass of apostle?
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