 | Methodist Episcopal Church, South - 1926 - 520 pages
...ministers of Christ are not commanded by God's law either to vow the estate of single life, or to abstain from marriage; therefore it is lawful for them, as for all other Christians, to marry at their own discretion, as they shall judge the same to serve best to godliness.... | |
 | A. O. J. Cockshut - 1966 - 276 pages
...commandment, ought to be administered to all Christian men alike.' Art. xxx. Again, 'bishops, priests, and deacons are not commanded by God's law either to vow the estate of single life or to abstain from marriage.' Art. xxxii. [In making this distinction, however,... | |
 | George Wolfgang Forell - 1975 - 324 pages
...were blasphemous fables, and dangerous deceits. XXXII. OF THE MARRIAGE OF PRIESTS Bishops, Priests, and Deacons are not commanded by God's Law, either to vow the estate of single life, or to abstain from marriage: therefore it is lawful for them, as for all other... | |
 | John H. Leith - 1982 - 760 pages
...were blasphemous fables, and dangerous deceits. XXXII. Of the Marriage of Priests. Bishops, Priests, and Deacons, are not commanded by God's Law, either to vow the estate of single life, or to abstain from marriage: therefore it is lawful for them, as for all other... | |
 | BCP7205 - 1984 - 1042 pages
...were blasphemous fables, and dangerous deceits. \\XII. Of the Marriage of Priests. Bishops, Priests, and Deacons, are not commanded by God's Law, either to vow the estate of single life, or to abstain from marriage: therefore it is lawful for them, as for all other... | |
 | 394 pages
...and Deacons, are not commanded hy God's Law, either to vow the estate of single life, or to ahstain from marriage: therefore it is lawful for them, as for all other Christian men, to marry at their own discretion, as they shall judge the same to serve hetter godliness.... | |
 | Claude F. Jacobs, Andrew J. Kaslow - 2001 - 276 pages
...Ministers of Christ are not commanded by God's law either to vow the estate of single life, or to abstain from marriage; therefore it is lawful for them, as for all other Christians, to marry at their own discretion, as they shall judge the same to serve best to Godliness.... | |
 | Paul F. M. Zahl - 1998 - 128 pages
...were blasphemous fables, and dangerous deceits. XXXII. Of the Marriage of Priests. Bishops, Priests, and Deacons, are not commanded by God's Law, either to vow the estate of single life, or to abstain from marriage: therefore it is lawful for them, as for all other... | |
 | Joseph Martos, Pierre Hégy - 1998 - 220 pages
...Articles as a doctrinal 'test'). Article XXXII, Of the Marriage of Priests, reads, 'Bishops, Priests, and Deacons, are not commanded by God's Law, either to vow the estate of single life, or to abstain from marriage: therefore it is lawful for them, as for all other... | |
 | Edward Geoffrey Parrinder, Geoffrey Parrinder - 2000 - 389 pages
...to arouse suspicion, nor to take counsel with them. Rule of St Francis, 11(1223) 7 Bishops, Priests, and Deacons, are not commanded by God's Law, either to vow the estate of single life, or to abstain from marriage: therefore it is lawful for them, as for all other... | |
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Bishops, Priests, and Deacons, are not commanded by God's Law, either to vow the estate of single life, or to abstain from marriage: therefore it is lawful for them, as for all other Christian men, to marry at their own discretion, as they shall judge... 
