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:Compare [[polygamy]] ("many women") and [[polyamorous]] ("many-loving"). <br>The seldom-used term for a woman having multiple husbands at one time is called ''poly'''andry''''' "many men". A woman with multiple husbands was called polyandrous. But now, more commonly, the same term used for men with multiple wives is now generally applied to women with multiple husbands and both are termed "polygamous".

:Compare [[polygamy]] ("many women") and [[polyamorous]] ("many-loving"). <br>The seldom-used term for a woman having multiple husbands at one time is called ''poly'''andry''''' "many men". A woman with multiple husbands was called polyandrous. But now, more commonly, the same term used for men with multiple wives is now generally applied to women with multiple husbands and both are termed "polygamous".

:Paul is not understood by the majority of Bible [[Exegesis|exegetes]] to be addressing the issue of polygamy, but instead the issue of remarriage. See 1&nbsp;Corinthians 7:25-35.

:Paul is not understood by the majority of Bible [[Exegesis|exegetes]] to be addressing here the issue of polygamy, but instead the issue of remarriage. See 1&nbsp;Corinthians 7:25-35.

:The [[Orthodox Church]]es allow men who are married to apply for ordination to the priesthood. After ordination, a married priest whose wife dies is not permitted to take another wife; and a never-married man who has been ordained as a priest is not permitted to take a wife. Bishops of both Catholic and Orthodox rites are required to be [[Virginity|virginal]] or [[Celibacy|celibate]] men who have never been married and have never had children, which normally excludes those who never married but who previously fathered children by [[fornication]] and have repented and renounced all illicit sexual activity. <br>Orthodox priests with living wives who apply for acceptance into the Catholic Church as functioning Catholic priests can be granted a dispensation by the [[Pope]], and are freely allowed to serve in Catholic [[diocese]]s as married Catholic priests. As with the Orthodox discipline, when their wives die they may not take another wife.

:The [[Orthodox Church]]es allow men who are married to apply for ordination to the priesthood. After ordination, a married priest whose wife dies is not permitted to take another wife; and a never-married man who has been ordained as a priest is not permitted to take a wife. Bishops of both Catholic and Orthodox rites are required to be [[Virginity|virginal]] or [[Celibacy|celibate]] men who have never been married and have never had children, which normally excludes those who never married but who previously fathered children by [[fornication]] and have repented and renounced all illicit sexual activity. <br>Orthodox priests with living wives who apply for acceptance into the Catholic Church as functioning Catholic priests can be granted a dispensation by the [[Pope]], and are freely allowed to serve in Catholic [[diocese]]s as married Catholic priests. As with the Orthodox discipline, when their wives die they may not take another wife.