celibacy sentence examples

• Celibacy of the clergy.
• The archbishop endeavors from time to time to enforce clerical celibacy, which is apparently not observed by some of his suffragan bishops.
• Celibacy for priests, foreshadowing roman catholicism.
• But i can say what value priestly celibacy has for me and my family.
• Nevertheless the church still demands celibacy for all unmarried people.
• Celibacy for the sake of a higher cause, almost.
• A second questionable area touches that central subject of moral reform: clerical celibacy.
• These include celibacy, delayed marriage, contraception and abortion.
• The problem with a mandatory celibacy seems to me to be coercion.
• For apostolic motives, some lay men and women embrace celibacy as a gift from god.
• Therefore, for some, to consider marriage was to pursue a welcome alternative to the probability of lifelong celibacy.
• Sex was a huge taboo for the church, which chose celibacy for its priests.
• They may indulge in sexual orgies or lead ascetic lives of strict celibacy.
• She is seriously considering celibacy and thinks that the nuns might be able to advise her how to go about it.
• The tradition sees absolute celibacy as essential to the monastic lifestyle.

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