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Apr 1, 2001 · Celibacy in the Early Church: The Beginnings of Obligatory Continence for Clerics in East and West. Paperback – April 1, 2001. Heid presents a penetrating and wide-ranging study of the historical data from the early Church on the topics of celibacy and clerical continence.
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The belief that religious figures should be celibate began long before the birth of Christianity. Ancient Druid priests were thought to have been celibate and Aztec temple priests were expected to remain sexually abstinent. Other pre-Christian sects mandated that the people chosen for their sacrificial offerings must be pure, meaning that they had ...
Jesus lived a chaste life and never married and at one point in the Bible is referred to as a eunuch (Matthew 19:12), though most scholars believe that this was intended metaphorically. The implication was that Jesus lived a celibate life like a eunuch. Many of his disciples were also chaste and celibate. Paul, in his first letter to the Corinthian...
The practice of priestly celibacy began to spread in the Western Church in the early Middle Ages. In the early 11th century Pope Benedict VIII responded to the decline in priestly morality by issuing a rule prohibiting the children of priests from inheriting property. A few decades later Pope Gregory VII issued a decree against clerical marriages. ...
The Church was a thousand years old before it definitively took a stand in favor of celibacy in the twelfth century at the Second Lateran Council held in 1139, when a rule was approved forbidding priests to marry. In 1563, the Council of Trent reaffirmed the tradition of celibacy.
Several explanations have been offered for the decision of the Church to adopt celibacy. Barry University's Ed Sunshine told Knight-Ridder that the policy was initiated to distinguish the clergy as a special group:\"A celibate clergy became the paradigm of separation from the sinful world.\" A.W. Richard Sipe, a former priest and author of Sex, Pri...
The Catholic Church distinguishes between dogma and regulations. The male-only priesthood is Catholic dogma, irreversible by papal decree. The ban on marriage is considered a regulation. As Knight-Ridder put it,\"That means the pope could change it overnight if he wished.\"
\"We may be on the eve of great changes, but it is not easy to anticipate a change so radical as that which would permit the abolition of celibacy. The traditions of the past must first be forgotten; the hopes of the future must first be abandoned. The Latin church is the most wonderful structure in history, and ere its leaders can consent to such ...
Henry Charles Lea, An Historical Sketch of Sacerdotal Celibacy in the Christian Church (J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1867). (To access an online edition of the book, published by MOA (Making of America) click here (allow several minutes to download the text). Erik R Seeman;\"'It is better to marry than to burn': Anglo-American attitudes toward celibacy,...
Celibacy in the Catholic Church: The Catholic Bishops' Conference of India website, http://www.cbcisite.com/.
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Celibacy -- Catholic Church -- History. See also what's at your library, or elsewhere. Broader terms: Celibacy -- Catholic Church; Celibacy -- History; Catholic Church -- History; Filed under: Celibacy -- Catholic Church -- History. Sacerdotal celibacy in the Christian Church (Houghton Mifflin, 1884), by Henry Charles Lea (page images at ...
Aug 24, 2016 · It wasn't until the medieval period that the Latin Rite of the Catholic Church began to require priestly celibacy. In the 11th century, Pope Gregory VII issued a decree requiring all priests to be celibate and he expected his bishops to enforce it.
Oct 28, 2002 · The History Behind Celibacy and the Priesthood. John W. O’Malley October 28, 2002. Why and how did the celibate state became a requirement for ordination? (iStock) Before this year many...
Jan 10, 2017 · Priestly Celibacy: Its Scriptural, Historical, and Spiritual Roots: Howell, Kenneth J., Stravinskas, Rev. Peter M. J.: 9780970402226: Amazon.com: Books. Books. ›. Christian Books & Bibles. ›. Churches & Church Leadership. $15.00. Other Used and New from $7.50. Buy new: $1500. Get Fast, Free Shipping with Amazon Prime FREE Returns.
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This brief history summarizes the factors that led to the Church’s insistence on mandatory celibacy for its priests. Overview Mandatory celibacy was never part of the message of Jesus of Nazareth, nor was it a practice of the Twelve. Many of the early disciples were married and even traveled with their wives.
