Sentences with phrase «says celibacy»

The New Testament says celibacy is better than marriage.

Almost two years after racy photos exposed his relationship with a woman and prompted the end of his tenure as a Roman Catholic priest and media star, Albert Cutie on Monday said celibacy is not necessary or particularly healthy for those aiming to heed God's call.

Not exact matches

a church that embraces Celibacy, but says molesting children is OK....

But it was very frustrating to discover that all they had to say about celibacy was found in a few platitudes.

Like ascetical disciplines such as fasting or celibacy or poverty, marriage involves saying no to something in order to say yes to a higher good.

«The Pope has already himself said that he is in favour of celibacy and that celibacy has really, really, beautiful reasons practically and spiritually - why it's a gift to the Church, but he is responding to the needs that have been said in Brazil.»

Your author says that celibacy is the cause of pedophillia.

Oh wait he didn't he said» to some this (celibacy implied) has been given for the sake of the kingdom».

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

This is not to say that practices ascetics engage in can not be entered into as tactics or methods: fasting, silence, vegetarianism, chanting, formal meditations, and celibacy, if freely entered into as methods (never as «good works» — for they are not such), may prove helpful for some people bent on self - purification or the unleashing of altered states of consciousness.

A report into abuse within the Catholic Church in Australia says in some cases the policy of celibacy... More

The blog goes on to say that in the Church's schools, the subject will be «rooted in the teachings of the Church», including «the importance of trust, loyalty, fidelity and the Christian understanding of marriage as the context for sexual relationships, as well as the understanding of abstinence and celibacy as positive life choices».

However, to say that some people are born gay, with orientation rarely, if ever, being altered, and that these people are not often suited to celibacy the way some are called, and yet they are forced to liev celibate lives has deep theological implications.

And I agree that celibacy is most definitely not inherrently harmful when freely choosen, though I may disagree that most celibate gay christians are in fact «freely choosing» that path as opposed to feeling pressured into it and thus struggling with it in a less than beneficial fasion (which is not to say that there isn't a level of struggle inherent in the Christian life which can in fact be benificial).

Personally, I feel I have no buisness to say anything to anyone whose position is «I feel God leading me to celibacy» (which is something straight people do too).

Justin says that until then, encouraging celibacy had always seemed like the «safest» Christian position.

'' «Our pastoral practice of demanding life - long «celibacy,» by which we meant that for the rest of your life you would not engage your sexual orientation in any way, was causing obvious harm and has not led to human flourishing,» the letter said.

Tom sheds light on her wishes and fears when she says how are you going to enforce celibacy?

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.

What we priests need to live our celibacy faithfully and joyfully is a moral perspective that sees ourselves as made in God's image and called to eternal communion with Him, rather than one based on casuist haggling over the sixth and ninth commandments,» says Fr.

It is a vow the Catholic Church says not only underscores the commitment of seminarians to their vocation but also is a model of Christ's own celibacy.

What I find puzzling is the obsession with consensual and faithful gay relationships when Scripture says much more about divorce and remarriage (every single sex act with a second spouse is ALWAYS adultery unless someone is unfaithful and that the only moral choice is reconciliation with your first spouse or lifetime celibacy — 1 Cor 7:10 - 11), charging interest on a loan, our moral obligation toward the poor and other things most conservative Christians ignore.

There needs to be a place in the modern Catholic church for a married priesthood, said Daly, a prominent figure in the Catholic church in Ireland and the most senior Irish cleric to question the Vatican's celibacy rule.

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.

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

In Matthew 19:11 - 12, when Jesus spoke about celibacy he said, «Not everyone can accept [the decision not to marry], but only those to whom it has been given.

She said she is heartbroken and angry about the Vatican's doctrinal assessment that the leadership group representing most American nuns has been challenging the church's doctrine on homosexuality, the male - only priesthood, artificial birth control, celibacy and abortion.

Calvin went so far as to say that Matthew 19 «plainly shows that [celibacy] was not given to all, so if anyone «has not the power of subduing his passion, let him understand that the Lord made it obligatory on him to marry.»

Dr. Adam Clarke, speaking of this remarkable proceeding says: — «God caused the animals to pass before Adam to show him that no creature yet formed could make him a suitable companion; that Adam was convinced that none of these animals could be a suitable companion for him, and that therefore he must continue in a state that was not good (celibacy) unless he became a further debtor to the bounty of his maker, for among all the animals which he had formed, there was not a helpmeet for Adam.»

She said: «I joined together two brothers in Christ who deeply love one another and desire to submit to one another out of reverence for Christ, two men who do not possess the gift of celibacy.

Celibacy (self - mastery) has come to seem like an impossibility because some psychological camps says it's «unhealthy,» and I'm afraid we have accepted a kind of deterministic / instinctual view of the human person: we're not really free — we're programmed.

We can go further and say that in its deepest sense celibacy is not a denial of the self but its fulfillment in love.

The bible teaches that forced celibacy is unnatural; that it is the doctrine of devils; the bishop shall be the husband of one wife, scripture says, and may be celibate if they so choose, but it can not be forced.

But as hopeful as I am that the worst is behind them, Ramsey, Ox's hamstrings, Theo's ACL and Wilshere's ankles are worrying... I feel dirty saying it and I'd seriously consider a pledge of celibacy for this coming season if it'd help, but still, the odds really aren't in our favour for all those players remaining healthy over the entirety of next season At the moment, personally I can only really see an ever so slight vacancy for potentially one or maybe two young attackers to have an impact role.

Following a period of promiscuity in which he «chased everything in sight,» the Mayor says, he took a vow of celibacy in 1985.

While the documentary does not claim he broke his vow of celibacy with Polish - born philosopher and writer Anna - Teresa Tymieniecka, the tone of some of his letters to her points to intense feelings between them, the broadcaster says.

«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.

Second scenario: One can utterly reject the day by denigrating love and all its trappings, talking up his or her celibacy, saying that one is better off alone than in bad company, that being single they are without obligation, that they have freedom and independence and have basically dodged a bullet in avoiding all the hassle of February 14th.

Indeed, celibacy was considered less acceptable for older singles than the younger ones; just 7 % of seniors said they were «happy without sex in a relationship», compared to 14 % of the 18 - 30 year olds.

Second scenario: One can utterly reject the day by denigrating love and all its trappings, talking up his or her celibacy, saying that one is better off alone than in bad company, that being single they are without obligation, that they have freedom and independence and have basically dodged a bullet in avoiding all the hassle of February 14.