Celibacy

Some writers on sexuality draw a distinction between abstinence and celibacy, stating that celibacy means refraining from any sexual activity with a partner. They argue that this can be empowering, as it still allows that person to be "sexual" (through, for example, Masturbation ). This would not, however, be referred to as chaste celibacy, as masturbation is not considered a chaste act.

The term Involuntary Celibacy refers to lack of Sexual Intercourse for reasons other than (voluntary) abstinence, e.g. Shyness / Love-shyness .

CLERICAL CELIBACY

), although Christ's counsel is normally followed (in response to 1 Cor. 9:5, which lists certain ecclesiastics who had the right at the time, but apparently chose not to exercise this right for the sake of the Gospel). The Church also found that the clerics who engaged in sexual misconduct were not sincere, unreserved followers of Christ, but those who had either become ecclesiastics with the wrong intentions or had lost their fidelity to Christ.

Recently, the issue of celibacy for Catholic priests has again become a source of heated debate, partly in response to the decline in vocations, but also in the wake of discoveries of longstanding Ephebophilic behaviour of a number of Catholic priests in the USA and elsewhere. Although a married Priesthood is advocated by the insincere to be a solution to these problems, the Church has not heeded this suggestion because these problems are not caused by this, but by poor or incorrect Catechesis , by improper or incorrect Seminary teaching, by underhanded seminary activity, and by a loss of fidelity to Christ and His Church. The sectors of the Church where Vocations are the highest are those where the Church's teachings are followed, and the sectors where these teachings are not followed have the lowest. {Link without Title}

REASONS FOR CELIBACY

Health reasons, to eliminate the risks of Veneral Disease .

Desire to focus energies on other matters, like social issues.

The Greater good: A refusal to reproduce, because it maybe detrimental to society be contributing to Over-population . Conversely, celibacy could be a means of preventing a herditary condition or something like HIV from spreading.

It could make a relationship less complex and even more democratic. It can be argued that the christian ideal was celibacy partially for this reason.

It could even be a case of no interest in sex.

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