Sentences with phrase «that celibacy»

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

Fr Chris Findlay - Wilson's defence of priestly celibacy in the Catholic Herald (15th Dec., letters) is linked to the modern error that sex equals love.

L.W. Brown observes, «The great stress on celibacy as a way of salvation, and the emphasis on the miraculous are not in themselves proof of a non-Catholic origin for the Acts, as even in the time of Aphrates only the unmarried could be baptized in Edessa.»

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.

Tears gathered in my eyes several times as Wesley, with remarkable candor, describes the loneliness that comes with choosing celibacy.

In the second part of the catechesis the Pope considers the application of his adequate anthropology and deals firstly with celibacy for the kingdom, the sacramentality of marriage and thirdly to love and fruitfulness (a reflection on Humanae Vitae).

Keep the trending toward GLBTQ celibacy on track.

Is it better for young adults to practice celibacy in singleness when they «burn with desire»?

I'm sure Bishop Edward Daly, in his much reported comments against mandatory celibacy for priests last September, has unintentionally overlooked that to allow priests to marry would make the spiritual situation worse.

Pusey, of course, was and is an Anglo - Catholic institution and I was a member of its staff at the time, one of the few married clergymen it had ever employed, since it more or less embraced celibacy just as it more or less embraced many other Catholic practices.

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

For more on the same topic, see The Gift of Celibacy by Jeremy Erickson.]

Clerical Celibacy did not become the norm in Roman Catholic Church until the 11th century.

It can also mean celibacy for renunciants and monks).

I wonder, Doogie / Booby, how do you enforce celibacy among same - s3x couples?

The reason why the false link between celibacy and abuse is made seems to be ignorance regarding the real reasons why sexual abuse happens.

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

At the same time, and as the NRB rightly notes, there are undoubtedly in the priesthood many men afflicted by same - sex attractions who are nonetheless good and faithful priests living lives of chaste celibacy.

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.

Paul also highly encourages celibacy in 1 Cor 7.

As explained at more length in a following answer, the number of Catholic priests who have committed the awful crime of abuse is too many but small, and smaller than professions in which celibacy is not the norm.

But Jesus says celibacy can only be accepted by «those to whom it has been given.

In fairness, however, to this view and to voluntary celibacy among Protestants where this is found, it should be clear that the divine vocation, or calling, is not the same for all persons.

One of the common criticisms of a traditionally Christian sexual ethic is that it forces a lot of gay people into involuntary celibacy, which some find very lonely, painful, frustrating.

Compulsory celibacy among Catholic priests contributed to child sexual abuse in Australia and local church leaders should ask the Vatican to consider What Happens to Men Who Can't Have Sex.

I am puzzled because the current discussion on priestly celibacy within Roman Catholicism consistently locates the debate in the context of the diocesan, or secular, priesthood.

But this has very little to do with demanding celibacy of all those who are homosexually inclined.

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.

One reason for this, I think, is that many Christians thought of marriage as an expression of divine healing, while celibacy was seen as merely settling for a fallen condition.

However, it is unlikely that we could bridge the cultural gap and choose as compass someone who was an ascetic and a vegetarian and who promoted celibacy even in marriage for the sake of spiritual growth.

The phrase «celibacy syndrome» is the translation of a malady that was identified by the Japanese media, not....

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

Why not clearly state that if one is not * called * to celibacy then you most honor God by being united in marriage (or whatever union is legal) with your partner?

If celibacy were understood in this wayby mothers and fathers, and proposed thus by bishops, priests and teachers, I don't think we would have a vocations crisis.

Should singles be forced into celibacy just because they're not interested in, willing or able to be part of a committed, monogamous relationship?

So celibacy, in and of itself, isn't a vocation in this sense» (75).

The first is that Jesus did not, like Paul, advocate celibacy as a higher state than marriage.