Sentences with phrase «celibacy know»

What the heck does someone who's taken a vow of celibacy know about how to build a successful marriage?

They would regard it as suicidal to abandon clerical celibacy in such a way as to imply that the principle of celibacy no longer has any value.

Not exact matches

But he had sensed the call of Christ to priesthood, he knew celibacy was integral to that vocation, therefore it was his will to embrace it - wholeheartedly - because he wanted to imitate Jesus Christ.

I do not know what to make of the fact that the discussion of the fulfillment of the human person through being joined with a person of the opposite sex in marriage is not followed by a discussion of celibacy.

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 priesthood.

Among the latter, I know some who act on that attraction and others who have chosen celibacy.

I do kinda take issue though with straight people who think gay people should be celibate (or I suppose someone who thinks their choice for celibacy is the only way for everyone — but at least they actually know what they are asking of people).

According to a letter written by senior pastor Fred Harrell on behalf of the Board of Elders, «We will no longer discriminate based on sexual orientation and demand lifelong celibacy as a precondition for joining.

The second element of the gospel story that Wesley says puts his celibacy in perspective is a God who is «known by his threat to our going on with «business and usual.

It would be interesting to know if they would have been satisfied to be able to have a normal life without celibacy and with women.

Reach out to LGBTQ at your place of worship and extend the hand of fellowship, letting them know that they are bound for glory when they unequivocally reject gay coitus and practice celibacy.

Most Roman Catholics do not know that celibacy was NOT the norm for the first 1100 years of the church's history.

This only shows how little you know about celibacy.

@ gerald said, «This only shows how little you know about celibacy.»

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).

And as Snow surely knows, priestly celibacy has always been understood as a discipline — not a dogmatic pillar of the faith.

Mandatory celibacy has been a «well - known and serious problem» in Catholicism for centuries, Dedov wrote, citing Victor Hugo's The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Colleen McCullough's The Thorn Birds.

I know when I first envisioned a life of celibacy, I got an image of the future version of myself as a lonely old woman knitting in a cold cabin with famished cats everywhere.

(iv) No objective evidence has been adduced to suggest that celibacy is the problem.

They also hold the record for celibacy among animals: All 460 known species of bdelloids consist exclusively of egg - laying females that have essentially been cloning themselves for 100 million years.

«This gospel fragment provides a reason to reconsider what we thought we knew by asking what the role claims of Jesus» marital status played historically in early Christian controversies over marriage, celibacy and family,» King said in a statement.

I'm already dreading my month of shopping celibacy but I know I'll be happier in Paris if I have a little wiggle room and can splurge on a cute pair of shoes or even a vintage piece to remember my trip by.

Nicki Minaj plays coy about Nas dating rumors, vows to stay celibate for a year There are many wonderful celibacy benefits obviously not widely known nor fully appreciated, especially when dedicated to a pure lifestyle of wholeness.

Did you know that the Council of Trent in 1563 reaffirmed the issue of clerical celibacy, which was referred to officially as a Law of the Church — not a law of God?