Definition of Celibacy

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Definition of Celibacy
	Celibacy The state of being unmarried; single life, esp. that of a bachelor, or of one bound by vows not to marry. Related Definitions: Bachelor, Being, Bound, By, Life, Marry, Not, Of, One, Or, Single, State, That, The, To

Celibacy Quotations

As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will, he will be sure to repent.
Socrates

The vow of celibacy is a matter of keeping one's word to Christ and the Church. a duty and a proof of the priest's inner maturity; it is the expression of his personal dignity.
Pope John Paul II

Celibacy is not just a matter of not having sex. It is a way of admiring a person for their humanity, maybe even for their beauty.
Timothy Radcliffe

Celibacy is not a matter of compulsion. Someone is accepted as a priest only when he does it of his own accord.
Joseph Ratzinger

For the standard of Christian life was to be strained to a higher pitch; more fasting was required, and more careful separation from the manners and enjoyments of the world; celibacy and martyrdom had great value set upon them, and second marriages were prohibited.
Robert Rainy

Celibacy is the worst form of self-abuse.
Peter De Vries

The church may hold whatever it holds with regard to clerical celibacy.
William P. Leahy

Marriage may often be a stormy lake, but celibacy is almost always a muddy horse pond.
Thomas Love Peacock

Celibacy Translations

celibacy in Spanish is celibato
celibacy in Swedish is celibat

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