To: wideawake
"The word "celibate" does not mean "not having sex", it means "not being married.""
That's only one meaning; check Merriam-Webster.
celibacy n. 2 a : abstention from sexual intercourse
13 posted on
10/07/2005 9:29:42 AM PDT by
NJ_gent
(Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you; and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen.)
To: NJ_gent
That's only one meaning; check Merriam-Webster.There is only one historical meaning of the Latin word caelibatus - not having married.
This is the only way the word is used in Catholic theological discourse.
And it is also the only definition of the word in the OED.
20 posted on
10/07/2005 9:33:55 AM PDT by
wideawake
(God bless our brave troops and their Commander-in-Chief)
To: NJ_gent
From the Catholic Encyclopedia under "Celibacy of the Clergy.": Celibacy is the renunciation of marriage implicitly or explicitly made, for the more perfect observance of chastity, by all those who receive the Sacrament of Orders in any of the higher grades...
31 posted on
10/07/2005 9:43:22 AM PDT by
ops33
(Retired USAF Senior Master Sergeant)
To: NJ_gent
That's only one meaning; check Merriam-Webster. celibacy n. 2 a : abstention from sexual intercourse Nice try; however, Merriam-Webster or any other non authentic source is irrelevant as to what the Catholic definition is.
Celibacy of the Clergy
Celibacy is the renunciation of marriage implicitly or explicitly made, for the more perfect observance of chastity, by all those who receive the Sacrament of Orders in any of the higher grades.
126 posted on
10/07/2005 11:44:18 AM PDT by
DBeers
(†)
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