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Re: orion Divorce and poligamy in NT and DSS
Paul says that an overseer within the church should be the husband of
but one wife (I Tim 3:2). Although this statement alone does not outlaw
polygamy, it gives a strong argument against it. Paul obviously saw
polygamy as an inferior state to monogamy, if he did not completely
outlaw it.
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