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To: LearsFool
"The Bible teaches differently:"

Celibacy only means unmarried.

13 posted on 03/09/2010 12:38:53 PM PST by Natural Law
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To: Natural Law
Celibacy only means unmarried.

Paul was speaking to married couples, such as those mentioned in the article above...

"married priests would renounce having intimate relationships with their wives"
14 posted on 03/09/2010 12:44:54 PM PST by LearsFool ("Thou shouldst not have been old, till thou hadst been wise.")
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To: Natural Law

Celibacy is defined as the lifestyle of someone who is, and is striving to remain, unmarried all his/her life. It is also used to describe a state of life where one chooses to abstain from all sexual activities (also known as “continence”). Often, it is incorrectly used to refer to a mixed, an involuntary, or even temporary abstinence from sexual relations – celibacy is by definition a freely chosen state of being unmarried and practicing sexual abstinence.

in a simplistic definition perhaps


39 posted on 03/09/2010 1:26:48 PM PST by the long march
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