ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CELIBATE
From Latin caelibātus, from caelebs unmarried, of obscure origin.
7 QUOTES WITH «CELIBATE»
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celibate.
Jesus Christ never preached there should be celibate priests. The only reason the church has this is because it's a mechanism of power and control. You can control priests who are celibate.
I have been celibate for about six or seven months, I think. I would rather just make out and kiss someone instead of sex. I'm single. I said I would be single for a year and I am.
And so um, I knew that I really didn't want to be a priest and didn't want to be a celibate, though I could probably manage it. Um, and um, ultimately I left.
I might be celibate, but I appreciate the wonder of the sacrament of marriage.
He was seriously thinking of becoming a monk. He thought he had to be celibate to maintain the purity of his instrument, but my instrument needed tuning, and we had to split.
A celibate clergy is an especially good idea, because it tends to suppress any hereditary propensity toward fanaticism.
A celibate, like the fly in the heart of an apple, dwells in a perpetual sweetness, but sits alone, and is confined and dies in singularity.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CELIBATE»
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celibate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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Goodbye Father : The
Celibate Male Priesthood and the Future ...
In the last half-century, the number of Catholic priests has plummeted by 40% while the number of Catholics has skyrocketed, up 65%. The specter of a faith defined by full pews and empty altars hangs heavy over the church.
Madison (deceased) Richard A. Schoenherr Professor of Sociology University of Wisconsin, David Yamane Assistant Professor of Sociology University of Notre Dame, 2002
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Campie: 1 a Sober,
Celibate, Bankrupt Vegetarian who Mops ...
When it all goes south, you can always go north. So the adage goes, and that's just what Barbara Stewart is doing as this story begins.
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Cool and
celibate?: sex or no sex
Examines various aspects of teenage sexuality, including anatomy, sexually transmitted diseases, pregnancy, relationships, homosexuality, and sexual intercourse.
Shell-shocked from a tragedy at work and an acrimonious domestic upheaval, Detective Senior Sergeant Susan Prescott flees town to recuperate, but fate has other ideas.
A Celibate Season is the story of a married couple, Jocelyn and Charles, and their self-imposed separation of ten months when she accepts a job in a city more than a thousand miles away from her family.
Carol Shields, Blanche Howard, 2010
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A
Celibate Way of Loving: Letters to the Beloved
Observations on Priestly celibacy.
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A New Song:
Celibate Women in the First Three Christian ...
An exciting, well-written study of women who formed celibate communities for religious purposes in early Christian history and the effects these women and their beliefs had on Christian history.
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Gruesome Deaths and
Celibate Lives: Christian Martyrs and ...
Intriguing in themselves because of their often extreme behaviour, they remain venerated figures in the Christian tradition. This book provides a short introduction to these remarkable figures and the thinking behind their actions.
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Prosthetic Architecture: an Environment for the Techno-body ...
Georges Teyssot. The Celibate Narcissism of the Machine In the 1920s, Le
Corbusier, with Amédée Ozenfant, advanced the notion of objets-types, imagined
as extensions of the human body or substituted organs. For Le Corbusier, it was
still ...
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Confessions of a Serial
Celibate: Mysteries from an Irish ...
Mysteries from an Irish Catholic Rosary Book One: The Joyful Mysteries J. G.
McAllister. In retrospect, I realize that, because I was an only child, my need for
relationships was much more intense than that of my siblinged peers, which
caused ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CELIBATE»
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celibate is used in the context of the following news items.
Talk of the County: 'Liberals are afraid of the truth' and 'Republicans …
Catholics believe priests should be celibate. Orthodox Christians are almost identical to Catholics but priests can marry and they don't have a ... «Chicago Tribune, Jul 15»
Bristol Palin, Stop Judging the World. World, Stop Judging Bristol …
She's pledged to remain celibate until marriage, frequently writes about her opposition to reproductive rights, and has been an abstinence-only ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
Mercado: Isabel
Now if my friend, the orator and celibate Mang Rizal decides to marry a pretty lesbian, that is what is called a constitutional crisis. ****. «Sun.Star, Jul 15»
Model posts photo of Julian Edelman's Super Bowl ring between her …
Wilson does admit staying celibate ain't easy since Ciara is a “15 out of 10″ … so he's begging the churchgoers and Christians all around to ... «Portland Sun Times, Jul 15»
Is Abstinence Hard on a Marriage?
And assorted popes, all of them celibate, have NOT dug their heels in and said in a fit of spite, “If I can't have sex, you can't either!” Rather ... «Patheos, Jul 15»
Six scriptures I would use to address Kevin DeYoung's 40 questions …
Paul really wants for everyone to be celibate like he is (v. 7). Why? Perhaps it's because Paul has had amazingly erotic spiritual encounters ... «Patheos, Jul 15»
Russell Wilson and Ciara will stay celibate until marriage
Russell Wilson and Ciara will stay celibate until marriage. Russell Wilson is literally practicing what he preaches ... saying that he and his super ... «USA TODAY, Jul 15»
The vocations shortage has become an acute crisis
The problem is that the criteria the Catholic hierarchy has for selecting future priests ("only celibate males need apply") eliminates so many of ... «National Catholic Reporter, Jul 15»
Russell Wilson says he and Ciara aren't having sex before marriage
Wilson does admit staying celibate ain't easy since Ciara is a “15 out of 10″ … so he's begging the churchgoers and Christians all around to ... «Tampa Sun Times, Jul 15»
Evangelicals, the last gay-marriage holdouts
A number of pastors say their churches are urging and sometimes helping gay congregants to be celibate. While less harsh than kicking gays ... «New York Daily News, Jul 15»
