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Posted on 5/22/24 at 6:02 pm to FooManChoo
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The Bible provides qualifications for Deacons and Elders. Curious where the qualifications for Monks are to be found.
In the Old Testament there was an entire order of men and women, known as Nazirites (“consecrated ones”), who were were essentially monks and nuns.
Numbers 6:2-4, 6-8 says they took vows of self-denial.
Numbers 6:5 tells us they had a distinctive appearance. John the Baptist was one of these (Luke 1:15), , as were Samson (Judges 13:5-6) and Samuel (1 Sam. 1:11).
The prophetess Anna was basically what we would call a cloistered nun. Luke 2:36-37
In the Christian age, Paul took a temporary Nazirite vow (Acts 18:18) and recommended that others live celibate lives, consecrated to God. He also set up an order of widows living the consecrated life after the deaths of their husbands (1 Tim. 5:3-12).
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