St Paphnutius Of Thebes
Definition
Nicea declined to impose compulsory continence on married clergy, following St. Paphnutius’s argument that marriage is honorable and the Church should not be injured by extreme severity; only those ordained unmarried were forbidden to marry afterward.
Episodes
Related Concepts
- Clerical Marriage And Continence
Biblical References
- Colossians 1:15 — * He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation, *
- Isaiah 53:8 — *He was led away after an unjust trial— but who even cared? Indeed, he was cut off from the land of the living; because of the rebellion of his own people he was wounded. *
- John 14:28 — You heard me say to you, ‘I am going away and I am coming back to you.’ If you loved me, you would be glad that I am going to the Father because the Father is greater than I am.
- Hebrews 13:4 — *Marriage must be honored among all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge sexually immoral people and adulterers. *