¶ The state of syngle lyfe is cōmaūded to no man by the worde of God.
Celibacy Not Commanded
Bishops, priests, and deacons are not bound by God's law to a life of celibacy, nor are they commanded to forgo marriage.
Bishops, priests, and deacons are not commanded to vow the single life without marriage; neither are they compelled by God's law to abstain from matrimony.1
Read the original English
BIshoppes, priestes, and Deacons are not commaunded to vowe the state of syngle lyfe without mariage: nether by gods law are they compelled to ab…ein from matrimonye.
Notes
- 1 ↩Source reading is truncated as "ab…ein"; rendered as "abstain," the only contextually plausible completion (abstain from matrimony).
John Ponet's Short Catechisme (1553) companion
Rule yourself daily, not just on retreat
Chosen Portion turns the mirror into a daily practice — a short reading and examining question each morning before you lead anyone.
Chosen Portion makes the mirror daily: the ruler-formation questions this collection preserves become a two-minute morning examination in the app.
- A daily formation reading drawn from centuries of counsel to those in authority
- One pointed examination question a day — two minutes, before the meetings start
- Track your practice over weeks and watch the examined life become a habit