Celibacy excludes not only libidinous acts, but also sinful thoughts or desires of the flesh.

Celibacy was important to Gandhi for not only purifying himself of any lust and sexual urges, but also to purify his love for his wife as genuine and not an outlet for any turmoil or aggression within his mind.

Celibacy was advocated as an ideal rule of life for all monks and nuns by Gautama Buddha, except for Japan where it is not strictly followed due to historical political developments following the Meiji Restoration.

Popes, bishops, and priests married and sired children for over a thousand years after Christ Celibacy was first written into law for all priests in the 12th century at the First Lateran Council ( 1123 ).

One explanation for the origin of obligatory celibacy is that it is based on Christ's example and on the writings of Paul, who wrote of the advantages celibacy allowed a man in serving the Lord, Celibacy was popularized by the early Christian theologian Origen and Augustine.

Celibacy is considered the appropriate behavior for both male and female students during this stage, which precedes the stage of the married householder.

Single people who either have chosen to remain unmarried ( Celibacy ) or who have lost their spouse for some reason are neither incomplete in Christ nor personal failures.

In the kingdom, as in the Shaker fellowship, there was “ neither marrying nor giving in marriage .” Celibacy was a preparation for the kingdom.

Celibacy for religious and monastics ( monks and sisters / nuns ) and for bishops is upheld by both the Roman Catholic Church and Orthodox Christian traditions.

Celibacy was a matter of choice for bishops, priests, and deacons.

Celibacy and confession of sin were essential for salvation.

Celibacy became an integral part of her religion ; she was jailed for disturbing the Sabbath in 1772.

' Celibacy, Marriage to God ': No marriages are performed in the Peace Mission and celibacy is the expected norm for every member.

Celibacy is not strictly required for Maronite deacons and priests outside of North America with parishes ; monks, however, must remain celibate, as well as bishops who are normally selected from the monasteries.

Celibacy refers to a state of being unmarried and, therefore, sexually abstinent, usually in association with the role of a religious official or devotee.

Celibacy as a vocation may be independent from religious vows ( as is the case with consecrated virgins, ascetics and hermits ).

Celibacy is required of monastics — monks, nuns and friars — even in a rare system of double cloisters, in which husbands could enter the ( men's ) monastery while their wives entered a ( women's ) sister monastery.

Celibacy is neither encouraged nor discouraged, each member being free to decide his / her own way of life.

Celibacy is neither encouraged nor discouraged, each member being free to decide his / her own way of life.

Celibacy also is also the natural state of a pure and advanced devotee of the Lord.

Celibacy was not required of popes, bishops, or priests in the early church.

In her book The New Celibacy, Gabrielle Brown states that " abstinence is a response on the outside to what's going on, and celibacy is a response from the inside.

Celibacy, termed brahmacharya in Vedic scripture, is the fourth of the yamas and the word literally translated means " dedicated to the Divinity of Life ".

Celibacy is viewed differently by the Catholic Church and the various Protestant communities.

Celibacy is designed to " consecrate themselves with undivided heart to the Lord and to " the affairs of the Lord, they give themselves entirely to God and to men.

Celibacy among the clergy is a relavtively recent practice: it became Church policy at the Second Lateran Council in 1139.

" St. John Chrysostom wrote: "... virginity is better than marriage, however good .... Celibacy is ... an imitation of the angels.

On the other hand, George T. Dennis SJ of Catholic University of America says: " There is simply no clear evidence of a general tradition or practice, much less of an obligation, of priestly celibacy-continence before the beginning of the fourth century " Peter Fink SJ agrees, saying that underlying premises used in the book, Apostolic Origins of Priestly Celibacy, " would not stand up so comfortably to historical scrutiny ".

Celibacy is represented in the Roman Catholic Church as having apostolic authority.

Celibacy is regarded as contrary to the injunction to be fruitful and multiply ( Genesis 2: 18 and Isaiah 45: 18 ).

Celibacy is, however, described by the Jesus Fellowship as “ a precious gem ”.

Celibacy is respected and the slaughter of animals is forbidden.

* Brahmacharya: Celibacy With Understanding-Brahamcharya: Celibacy With Understanding by Dada Bhagwan

* The Celibacy of Felix Greenspan: A novel in 18 stories, published by Bateleur Press, 1977

The books that Edith Barrett sees standing the cabinet are titled, from left to right ; Obsessive Acts And Religious Practices by Sigmund Freud ; The Worship of Priapus by Richard Payne Knight ; The Psychology of Sex by Havelock Ellis ;, Sin And Sex ; Conation Volition ; Sex And Celibacy by T. Long ; The Anatomy of Abuses by Philip Stubbs ; Phallic Worship ; and Autoerotic Phenomena In Adolescence by K. Menzies.

* Catholic Encyclopedia: Celibacy of the Clergy

* On Clerical Celibacy in the Catholic Church, Part I

* On Clerical Celibacy in the Catholic Church, Part II

All traditions unanimously accept and believe in the core Jain philosophies including the major vows of Non-violence, Truthfulness, Non-stealing, Celibacy and Non-possession.

Celibacy has existed in one form or another throughout history and in virtually all the major religions of the world.

; Brahmacharya ( Celibacy ): To exercise control over senses ( including mind ) from indulgence.

Celibacy may have been a condition of their office ; sexual abstinence was, according to Ovid, required of those attending Ceres ' major, nine-day festival.