Celibacy
The state of being unmarried; single life, esp. that of a bachelor, or of one bound by vows not to marry.
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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 the worst form of self-abuse.
Peter De Vries
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
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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