Why Did Jesus Never Get Married

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I see you’re definitely hanging on to words. I repeat: there is no absolute advantage in getting married, as there is an absolute advantage to taking the Eucharist.
Marriage is relatively advantageous for those who can not live a holy life in celibacy!
 
Obviously. But in saying that a selfish single person would be helped by getting married indicates that there is something about marriage that makes it beneficial to people. Thus we can conclude one of the following:
  1. Jesus did teach that there is no intrinsic benefit to marriage, but he was wrong or lying.
  2. Jesus did not teach that there is no intrinsic benefit to marriage, and thus your assertion that he did is mistaken.
I’m not inclined to think that Jesus was wrong or lying, so it makes sense to say that there is an intrinsic benefit to marriage, and you even acknowledge this. By asserting otherwise it seems you are just being contrary.
 
By that logic, there also isn’t an absolute benefit to the Eucharist. If one receives it in a state of mortal sin, it is not only not beneficial, but quite harmful. And why shouldn’t I aim for precision in words? Words have meanings, and when we’re talking about the most important realities, we should be careful about our use of words.
 
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Nothing against Jesus as a single man - don’t flag me, please.
But if Jesus got married -
it seems he could of set a tremendous example - with handling a wife.
As a side note - was Peter ever married - ?
I thought I saw a movie where he was -
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Simple answer He was God.
 
the Eucharist is advantageous for everyone, but has a manual. Whoever is in a state of mortal sin must first confess to take the Eucharist, that’s the way of doing things.
The sacrament of the sick is advantageous only for the sick.
Marriage is advantageous only for those who can not live a holy life in celibacy.
 
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Handling a wife… Well you would have to be God to get away with that phrasing. Geesh!
 
Mboo said:
Marriage is advantageous only for those who can not live a holy life in celibacy.
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That’s simply not true and contrary to the teaching of the Church. Marriage is for people called to marriage, not for people who weren’t going to be able to handle celibacy.
 
If we can live a holy celibacy, there is no advantage to getting married. Do you understand when the Church teaches that celibacy should be preferred to marriage?
 
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Marriage is for people called to marriage, not for people who weren’t going to be able to handle celibacy.
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if someone can not live a holy life in celibacy, then he must discern whether marriage may be suitable, because marriage may be not necessarily a solution for his sanctification.
More precisely, if someone can not live saintly in celibacy, he can consider marriage, he is a candidate for a holy marriage

otherwise, he has no advantage to marry
 
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I have heard it said - married life - or single life -
You will pay - dearly - for your choice - lol
 
According to the Catholic Tradition, Jesus was not married. If he had been, then one must ask why it was not mentioned in Scripture since Apostles wives were mentioned. Critics of the Catholic Church’s stance on this are quick to point out that it would have been highly unusual or unacceptable for a man of Jesus’ age in his time and place not to have a wife. That may be true. But I think these critics overlook the uniqueness of Jesus’ mission and who he is. He didn’t come here to merely do all of the ‘normal’ things humans do. Certainly, we should expect one who is the Son of God, the Messiah, one who is fully God and fully Man not to be like everyone else. Indeed, if he were just like everyone else, then what would have been the point of his ministry? Would we have even recognized him or listened to him?
 
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Because sacrificing pleasures for God is a beautiful thing.
 
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You have it very much backwards. The Church teaches that marriage is the natural vocation of all, and that this natural vocation was elevated to the dignity of a sacrament by Jesus, and that some, by a supernatural grace, are called to live a life of celibacy. It’s not as though we’re all supposed to be celibate, but the ones who can’t hack it get to get married.

Think about what you’re saying–do you mean that there are no spiritual, social, psychological, or any other kind of benefits to those who marry for any other reason than that they lack the self-control to remain celibate? Celibacy is not the default position, and marriage is not a consolation prize. Marriage is a vocation endowed with grace from God, just the same as the celibate life is.

-Fr ACEGC
 
Mboo, you have it very much backwards. Remember Jesus’ words:
Matthew 19:11-12 But he said to them, “Not all men can receive this precept, but only those to whom it is given. For there are eunuchs who have been so from birth, and there are eunuchs who have been made eunuchs by men, and there are eunuchs who have made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. He who is able to receive this, let him receive it.”
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Jesus means that a life of continence is to be chosen only by those who are called to it for the sake of the kingdom of God.
 
Seagull said:
But if Jesus got married -
it seems he could of set a tremendous example - with handling a wife.
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Jesus was born to die for our sins.

At the age of 30, he quit his job to wander and preach. When he went home he was nearly stoned to death.

Christ’s family would have been exiled, widowed, and orphaned at a young age.

Christ’s mother suffered greatly, but the Angel Gabriel asked her permission, and she chose that burden. Her role was crucial, for the savior cannot die if he were never born at all.

Why would Christ’s wife choose that future? Jesus would have to tell her everything, because they could not validly consent to marry if that truth were withheld.

His wife would marry, knowing that her children would grow up without a father? Would Jesus use supernatural contraception to prevent that fate? If God the Father did not want grandchildren, why would he have his son marry?

Would Jesus dump his mother, wife, and children unto John from the cross? How would John, a 17 year old boy who spent the last 3 years wondering with Christ support them. Would Jesus’s wife remarry with John, or would they just live together? Who would support them when John began his ministry?

Who would write the 4th gospel?

Christ was born with a specific mission. Marriage is an entire separate mission.
 
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That’s pretty good angle - running dude.
Gave me goose bumps and chills reading your (name removed by moderator)ut -
Cool reply !
 
edward_george1 said:
You have it very much backwards. The Church teaches that marriage is the natural vocation of all, and that this natural vocation was elevated to the dignity of a sacrament by Jesus, and that some, by a supernatural grace, are called to live a life of celibacy. It’s not as though we’re all supposed to be celibate, but the ones who can’t hack it get to get married.
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It’s a question of logic. If sacred celibacy is superior and more excellent than marriage then it should be preferred to marriage. Moreover, this is what St Paul says very clearly in his teaching (it should be noted that St. Paul does not address the priest, but all Christians in general).
To say that marriage should be preferred to celibacy does not mean that we must all be single, but that means that our default preference should be celibacy, and marriage should be considered by default. And once again that’s what St Paul is teaching clearly, and that’s logical.
 
Jesus said that not everyone can understand the truth about sacred celibacy, he did not say that some can’t live in celibacy.
Anyone can live in continence and celibacy, it is obvious, otherwise God would have effectively condemned to Hell all homosexuals who are not chaste, because by nature they can not get married and are subject to sexual passions .
Homosexuals, and all those who are forced to live in celibacy, have the privilege of being able to make their celibacy sacred, and the spiritual benefits of sacred celibacy are enormous! he who makes an authentic experience of sacred celibacy will do the same testimony as St Paul , that is, to encourage others to live also in the sacred celibacy (which is not the priesthood, nor the religious life, because one can be priest or religious, but not to live in the virtue of virginity, and also, one must not confuse the state of virginity with the virtue of virginity.)
 
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