Celibacy Quotes

As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will, he will be sure to repent.
Socrates

Marriage, Sure, Repent

The vow of celibacy is a matter of keeping one's word to Christ and the Church. a duty and a proof of the priest's inner maturity; it is the expression of his personal dignity.
Pope John Paul II

Maturity, Matter, Personal

Celibacy is not just a matter of not having sex. It is a way of admiring a person for their humanity, maybe even for their beauty.
Timothy Radcliffe

Beauty, Sex, Humanity

Celibacy is the worst form of self-abuse.
Peter De Vries

Celibacy is not a matter of compulsion. Someone is accepted as a priest only when he does it of his own accord.
Joseph Ratzinger

Someone, Matter, Accepted

For the standard of Christian life was to be strained to a higher pitch; more fasting was required, and more careful separation from the manners and enjoyments of the world; celibacy and martyrdom had great value set upon them, and second marriages were prohibited.
Robert Rainy

Life, Great, Christian

Marriage may often be a stormy lake, but celibacy is almost always a muddy horse pond.
Thomas Love Peacock

Marriage, May, Often

The truly longstanding tradition in the church is that some are called to celibacy. Some feel called to it. But the church has never supported that celibacy be mandated for someone not called to it. It's never imposed on someone.
Gene Robinson

Someone, Church, Truly

The church may hold whatever it holds with regard to clerical celibacy.
William P. Leahy

May, Whatever, Church

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