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What religions believe in celibacy?
Celibacy as a vocation may be independent from religious vows (as is the case with consecrated virgins, ascetics and hermits). In the Catholic, Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox traditions, bishops are required to be celibate.
Why is celibacy important in the Catholic Church?
According to the Catholic Church’s Code of Canon Law celibacy is a “special gift of God” which allows practitioners to follow more closely the example of Christ, who was chaste. The Vatican regards it as being easier for unattached men to commit to the church, as they have more time for devotion and fewer distractions.
Why did the Catholic Church ban marriage for priests?
If [the church] could control a person’s sex life, it could control their money, their employment, their benefice.” Garry Wills suggested in Under God that the ban on marriage was adopted to lift the status of priests at a time when their authority was being challenged by nobles and others.
Why is celibacy often used as a religious tool?
Thanks for the A2A. There are several reasons why celibacy is often employed as a religious tool: It demands total devotion to one’s god and the religion that has been created around the concept of that deity. This derives primarily from the Vestal Virgins of Ancient Rome, who were the priestesses of the Goddess Vesta.
Why would you want to be a celibate in a relationship?
Lifelong celibacy gets you an individual who devotes their energies to your particular religious organization. It also makes joining up expensive, so if someone is willing to be celibate then they’re more dedicated to your cause. Because Sex is not as important as may sound.
Does the Catholic Church require celibacy?
The Catholic Church requires celibacy. The Eastern Orthodox Church allows marriage before men enter the priesthood, and therefore allows them to have sex within marital confines; but those who do not marry before must remain celibate. Most Protestant Churches disdain celibacy. In most types of Buddhism, monks and nuns must remain celibate.
Are there any religions that force their followers to be celibate?
There were only few religious movements during history which forced the whole-life celibacy on all its followers, because such behavior is quite suicidal. The religions like Buddhism or Manicheism typically had the majority of non-celibate believers who accepted the leadership of the minority celibate elite.