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Was Jesus gay article from The Guardian April 2012 - followed by passages about Jesus and Celibacy from the Srichinmoy library site

It has always admired and usually demanded celibacy from its priests.

An Australian inquiry into child abuse has recommended the Catholic Church lift its demand of celibacy from clergy and clarify the extent that the seal of the confession conceals evidence of child abuse.

This connection has been present in the understanding and laws of celibacy from the first millennium, and is probably apostolic.

Not exact matches

In a culture like our own, which exalts sex and disparages celibacy, it is little surprise that many fail when they attempt celibacy without much support from the church, without clear models, and without practical advice in facing the challenges they face.

Or, you can try celibacy along with staying away from male heathens who speak out id both sides of their mouths, never to take responsibility for their thoughts / beliefs, words or actions as they move on down the road to their next victim as soon as the previous one got pregnant.

The claim that celibacy has helped cause sexual abuse is a claim that runs utterly contrary to the evidence, and unjustly moves responsibility for despicably evil acts away from the abusers, and onto some environmental condition such as the discipline of celibacy in a priestly life.

The church tries to get around the issue by attempting to somehow separate the individual from who they are and thereby maintain the right to openly condemn them and / or seek to impose a life of celibacy and deny them the same rights of love, marriage, and family they themselves enjoy.

Thus in the modern world, the celibacy of the medieval learned class has been replaced by a celibacy of the intellect which is divorced from the concrete contemplation of the complete facts.

It is frequently being said now that the celibacy rule is a late - medieval imposition aimed at protecting the Church's property from nepotism.

The book is thoroughly revisionist from A to Z, flying in the face of the Church's teaching on contraception, celibacy, chastity, homosexuality, and even» albeit more delicately» on bestiality.

But a close study of America's religious history yields precedents and equivalencies to virtually everything that exists today, from the demythologizing deism of Thomas Jefferson and the séances of spiritualists to the utopian settlements that practiced everything from celibacy (the Shakers) to free love (the Oneida Community).

From a purely statistical viewpoint, it no doubt was exaggerated, and for various reasons: e.g., raw anti-Catholicism in the media, a continuing campaign within the Church against the celibacy rule, and an effort to exclude or remove homosexuals from the priesthFrom a purely statistical viewpoint, it no doubt was exaggerated, and for various reasons: e.g., raw anti-Catholicism in the media, a continuing campaign within the Church against the celibacy rule, and an effort to exclude or remove homosexuals from the priesthfrom the priesthood.

In our earlier sections, we have noted that F.C. Burkitt, Arthur Voobus and several other historians have shown that the emphasis on celibacy and abstinence from marriage belonged to an authentic tradition of the Syrian church till the fourth century.

Whatever their pastoral preferences, the Eastern Churches are very far from seeing marriage as theologically or spiritually preferable to celibacy.

More than most denominations, the Roman Catholic Church preserves not only a long historical memory but also institutions such as celibacy deriving from earlier periods...

Apparently under pressure from OutRage, David Hope, Anglican Bishop of London, has publicly declared his «ambiguous sexuality,» while averring that he has lived a life of chaste celibacy.

Taking its foundation instead from the classical psychology of virtue, shame in doing what is wrong and a delight in doing what is right, it insists that hope is at the centre of the arduous task of chastity — and that chaste celibacy is a singular manifestation of hope for others.

Protestants deprecated both celibacy and monasticism and both virtually disappeared from Protestant countries.

At the end of the study, the particular recommendations come as no great surprise: seminary training should include the study of asceticism and the regimen of ascetical discipline; assessment should be of the candidate's capacity to live a life of chaste celibacy and spiritual poverty; wilful deviations from discipline should be taken to indicate the lack of a religious vocation; those who form and mentor students should be sterling examples of ascetical discipline.

There would be no intention of ever «splipping up» which would mean running from temptation to such an extent that we would likely not be able to form a sufficiently intimate plutonic relationship that would compensate for the celibacy.

I got the distinct impression (from older of your blog posts I believe) that you and New Directions took a fairly solid «side B» stance, that same - sex acts were sin, and that a large portion of your ministry was devoted solely to gay Christians who took a firm decision on the celibacy route (albeit with a much greater amount of respect and acceptance for those who chose to partner.)

In his excellent posts from Monday (Celibacy Is Not the Gospel and Celibacy in Light of the Resurrection), Wes attempted to respond to the following concern: «If we're going to ask gay Christians to give up gay sex, that self - denial must be demonstrably good for....

In the New Testament, apart from Paul's recommendation of celibacy, the single life was not a concern in cultures where most people were expected to marry.

What a switch from the Middle Ages when devoting one's life to God meant celibacy.

Demonstrating the point, Mr. Williams shortly thereafter announced to a church gathering that celibacy is a kind of perversion, that monogamy (whether in hetero or homo unions) is a life - denying restriction, and that Mother Teresa of Calcutta would be a more whole person if she had sex from time to time.

I didn't want to volunteer to shut out romantic love from my life — the beautiful union of physical and spiritual intimacy that straight people took for granted as a potential blessing life might grant them — by committing to celibacy, and I thought the positive, self - loving thing to do was to accept myself.

If a person has inappropriate urges (by that I don't mean gay, this is Pedophilia folks) they could see the church and it's celibacy rules as a kind of sanctuary where they may feel they can hide from their problem & hope God cures them.

GLBTQ Celibacy... living without condemnation. - LIE, there is no condemnation in the real world, it only comes from prejudice bigots like you.

There is a long tradition of Christians - from priests to nuns to laypeople - who have chosen celibacy as a higher calling toward spiritual fulfillment.

«From the left these include demands for more democratic church governance involving the laity and for reexamining priestly celibacy.

Belfast, Northern Ireland (CNN)- A respected former Catholic bishop in Ireland is calling for an end to clerical celibacy in the wake of the sex abuse scandals that have rocked the church worldwide, and says he finds it «heartbreaking» that some prospective priests turn away from the calling because of the celibacy rule.

Less is recorded from the lips of Jesus than the pen of Paul about sex relations, but it is unlikely that our Lord ever expected celibacy to be exalted as the pattern of life for the «religious,» as is the practice of the Roman Catholic Church.

- I'd be interested to hear from those readers who, for whatever reason, have chosen a vocation that involves lifelong celibacy.

... Next week, we'll look at just a single chapter from God and the Gay Christian, which addresses celibacy.

[49] His office involves for Paul, like the other apostles, a right to support from the community, celibacy, suffering and complete identity with Christ.

It is well known that celibacy is a Western tradition, and was not always demanded from the beginning of the Church (St. Peter was married, though, of course, when and for how long we don't know for certain).

He raised armies, successfully withstood the attacks of the Lombards, the latest of the Germanic barbarians to invade Italy, made his authority respected in Italy, Sicily, Gaul, Spain, and North Africa, attempted to curb the abuses in the Church in the Frankish domains, inaugurated the Roman mission to Britain, preached frequently, endeavored to enforce clerical celibacy, prompted monasticism and improved the quality of life in some of the houses which were lapsing from their professed ideals, and was the author of voluminous writings on theology that were long standard in the West.

He attempted to enforce clerical celibacy, forbade pluralism, (the holding of two or more church offices and drawing the income from them), endeavored to exclude lay interference in ecclesiastical affairs, affirmed the right of Rome to review important cases under canon law and thus increased appeals to the Holy See, ordered that tithes for the support of the Church be given precedence over all other taxes, and took vigorous measures for the suppression of heresy.

While dissidents within the Church may try to use this year's low numbers in New York to bolster their calls for women's ordination and a removal of the celibacy requirement for priests, the latest data from the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA) reveals that ordination rates to the priesthood are at a 20 year high.

And to assert, without offering evidence, that Catholicism's rules on clerical celibacy have themselves caused the sex abuse crisis — a crisis that has, no doubt, many causes — is not what one expects from a judge.

From bperickson: Should a gay Christian committed to celibacy still come out publicly as gay?

[28] Celibacy is far from a rejection of the deep meaning of sexuality, but a living of human sexuality which is even fuller, more profound and complimentary to the extent that it explains the married vocation.

But nothing did so much to set the clergy apart from the body of the faithful as did the imposition of celibacy.

More than most denominations, the Roman Catholic Church preserves not only a long historical memory but also institutions such as celibacy deriving from earlier periods of Christian consciousness.

Ceauşescu, Romania's leader from 1965 to 1989, banned contraception and abortions and imposed a «celibacy tax» on families that had fewer than five children.

Continence, or celibacy, in ancient times was applicable to yogis and monks who completely stepped away from worldly pursuits.

So when Sir Walter Raleigh returns from an expedition and entrances the Virgin Queen with stories of his discoveries and how he named Virginia for her, even the most uncommon of girls — a middle - aged queen who, decades ago, vouchsafed her celibacy for the good of her people — is likely to be caught in a bit of a swoon.

by Walter Chaw Matt (Josh Hartnett) is an oversexed young man in a sanitized San Francisco who, after suffering a tough split from man - eater Nicole (Vinessa Shaw), decides to follow his brother John (Adam Trese), an apprentice in the seminary, in the walk of celibacy.

The movie is droll on the subject of a reluctantly celibate man seeking advice from a man who's taken a vow of celibacy, but serious about O'Brien's religous inquiry.