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celibacy
celibacy The unmarried state which is commended by Paul (1 Cor. 7: 20–7) but without insisting on it as a discipline. There is no
sin in getting married and those who are married need not obtain separations. Paul's advice is to avoid any personal unsettlement and trouble in view of the
eschatological crisis and
judgement on the world which he thought, at that time, to be imminent. He confirms, however (1 Cor. 9: 5), the picture in the gospels of Peter and other apostles being married men (Mark 1: 30).
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Celibacy an important tradition in many cultures
Newspaper article from: Charleston Gazette; 4/15/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...abiding interest in the opposite of sex - celibacy. The practice is in the spotlight these...Church should allow married priests. But celibacy actually has been followed in many cultures...celebrated in a 1999 book, "Sensual Celibacy," which advises women exiting failed...
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Celibacy, Culture, and Society: the Anthropology of Sexual Abstinence. (Gender).
Magazine article from: Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute; 6/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...ELISA J. & SANDRA BELL (eds). Celibacy, culture, and society: the anthropology...anthropological attempt at problematizing celibacy from a cross-cultural perspective...theoretical approaches to the practice of celibacy. In their introduction, the editors...
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Celibacy for Beginners; Yes, It's an Issue, but It's Not the Reason for the Church's Troubles
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 3/31/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...the headlines, the notion of priestly celibacy has become the subject of talk radio...And barring unforeseen circumstances, celibacy is likely to be around in the American...come. The popular view seems to be that celibacy reflects a hatred and contempt for sexuality...
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CELIBACY COULD MAKE PRIESTS EXTINCT.(News)
Newspaper article from: Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland); 3/9/1999; ; 700+ words
; STRICT celibacy laws could drive the priesthood to extinction...growing campaign for a review in Catholic celibacy laws. Figures show the number of young...We asked 41 priests for their views on celibacy and more than half of those who agreed...
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 "Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)")
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Celibacy's colorful history not exclusive to Catholicism; 'Romantic quality': By contrast, Buddhist monks didn't have to make a lifetime commitment
Newspaper article from: Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque); 4/15/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...abiding interest in the opposite of sex - celibacy. The practice is in the spotlight these...celebrated in a 1999 book, "Sensual Celibacy," which advises women exiting failed...author, Donna Marie Williams, suggests celibacy can be a temporary choice. Not so with...
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Celibacy still sticking point; 'For most it's a very real sacrifice . . . like children and grandchildren.'
Newspaper article from: The Press; 7/22/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...TODD looks at an age-old debate about celibacy in the Catholic church...should have to be celibate. Mandatory celibacy was introduced by the Second Lateran...to marry and critics argue mandatory celibacy is stopping many from pursuing the priesthood...
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Celibacy; a precious gift.
Magazine article from: Catholic Insight; 9/1/1996; ; 700+ words
; Celibacy in the Latin rite continues to be under...priests of 1995 that "the vocation to celibacy needs to be consciously protected...Council has been served on the subject of celibacy by some of its purported defenders. A...
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Celibacy today: mystery, myth, and miasma.(Report)
Newspaper article from: Cross Currents; 1/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...its power. --Mayke de Jong (1). Celibacy, popularly understood, is the state...lifetime or even for very extended periods. Celibacy is unlike other modes of asceticism...fact that the ideal and the practice of celibacy exist in many religious traditions...
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CELIBACY: 'DEAD END' -- OR COMMITMENT? ATLANTA SCANDALS REVIVE CALLS TO ALLOW MARRIAGE; CHURCH SEES 'OPPORTUNISM'
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 8/9/1990; ; 700+ words
; ...fueled the debate over the Roman Catholic Church's celibacy rule. "The situation speaks far more to a failure...Corpus, a national organization that opposes the celibacy rule. "Celibacy is a dead end," Bonnike said. "This particular...
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Celibacy Has History Beyond Priests
News Wire article from: AP Online; 4/14/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...interest in the opposite of sex _ celibacy. The practice is in the spotlight...celebrated in a 1999 book, Sensual Celibacy, which advises women exiting failed...relationships to give chastity a try. Celibacy is the last great sexual taboo to...
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celibacy
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Body
celibacy The ideal of celibacy — abstaining from sexual activity for religious or spiritual...of heaven’ (Matthew 19: 12), and Paul recommended celibacy as the best way of living, for it enabled a person to be free from...
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Celibacy
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
Celibacy. A state of life without marriage, undertaken for religious or spiritual reasons. Celibacy was not practised among the Jews. In Christianity, celibacy rests on the demand for the renunciation of family...
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celibacy, clerical
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History
celibacy, clerical. Clerical celibacy, common since early Christian times, has scant scriptural authority...marriage was a major issue at the Reformation. Compulsory Anglican celibacy was abolished (1549), though Cranmer was already secretly...
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celibacy of the clergy
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church
celibacy of the clergy. In the E. Church the legal...Ages there were repeated efforts to enforce celibacy on those in Holy Orders. This position...Communions. In the C of E the obligation to celibacy was abolished in 1549.
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chastity
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Body
...x2018;chastity’ and ‘celibacy’ has long existed. ‘...debate between the proponents of chastity and celibacy . Paul questioned chastity in favour of celibacy in the first century, as I Corinthians...
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