ext_26492 ([identity profile] brian1789.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] jay 2004-01-24 08:20 pm (UTC)

The usual 2 Timothy, plus traditions... apart from the OT references, that injunction only applied to priests and bishops, probably with the expectation that one couldn't manage a large polygamous household (commonplace at that time) and still spend most of the time wandering the countryside evangelizing.

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