940:"The clergy, like Plato's guardians, were placed in authority not by the suffrages of the people, but by their talent as shown in ecclesiastical studies and administration, by their disposition to a life of meditation and simplicity, and (perhaps it should be added) by the influence of their relatives with the powers of state and church. In the latter half of the period in which they ruled , the clergy were as free from family cares as even Plato could desire; and in some cases it would seem they enjoyed no little of the reproductive freedom accorded to the guardians. Celibacy was part of the psychological structure of the power of the clergy; for on the one hand they were unimpeded by the narrowing egoism of the family, and on the other their apparent superiority to the call of the flesh added to the awe in which lay sinners held them …"
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and above those things to which it is to be preferred; under Him by whom it ought to be ruled, above those things which it ought to rule. For it does many things through vicious desire, as though in forgetfulness of itself. For it sees some things intrinsically excellent, in that more excellent nature which is God: and whereas it ought to remain steadfast that it may enjoy them, it is turned away from Him, by wishing to appropriate those things to itself, and not to be like to Him by His gift, but to be what He is by its own, and it begins to move and slip gradually down into less and less, which it thinks to be more and more." ("
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celibacy. For ordinary persons, married life is undoubtedly advisable unless they have a special aptitude for celibacy". Baba also asserted that "The value of celibacy lies in the habit of restraint and the sense of detachment and independence which it gives" and that "The aspirant must choose one of the two courses which are open to him. He must take to the life of celibacy or to the married life, and he must avoid at all costs a cheap compromise between the two. Promiscuity in sex gratification is bound to land the aspirant in a most pitiful and dangerous chaos of ungovernable lust."
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is fornication? And from this we perceive, that because of unlawful lusts, not only those of which one is guilty in acts of uncleanness with another's husband or wife, but any unlawful lusts whatever, which cause the soul making a bad use of the body to wander from the law of God, and to be ruinously and basely corrupted, a man may, without crime, put away his wife, and a wife her husband, because the Lord makes the cause of fornication an exception; which fornication, in accordance with the above considerations, we are compelled to understand as being general and universal" ("
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841:(1545–64). In places, coercion and enslavement of clerical wives and children was apparently involved in the enforcement of the law. "The earliest decree in which the children were declared to be slaves and never to be enfranchised seems to have been a canon of the Synod of Pavia in 1018. Similar penalties were promulgated against wives and concubines (see the Synod of Melfi, 1189 can. xii), who by the very fact of their unlawful connexion with a subdeacon or clerk of higher rank became liable to be seized by the over-lord".
1062:) states, "But the Monasticism which they (who followed Jesus) invented for themselves, We did not prescribe for them but only to please God therewith, but that they did not observe it with the right observance." Therefore, religion is clearly not a reason to stay unmarried although people are allowed to live their lives however they are comfortable; but relationships and sex outside of marriage, let alone forced marriage, is definitely a sin, "Oh you who believe! You are forbidden to inherit women against their will" (
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881:(Matthew 8). But some argue that Peter was a widower, due to the fact that this passage does not mention his wife, and that his mother-in-law is the one who serves Christ and the apostles after she is healed. Furthermore, Peter himself states: "Then Peter spoke up, 'We have left everything to follow you!' 'Truly I tell you', Jesus replied, 'no one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for me and the gospel will fail to receive a hundred times as much'" (
557:, renouncing all the pleasures of the senses, rich food, baths, rest, and anything that made them comfortable. Thousands joined them in the desert, mostly men but also a handful of women. Religious seekers also began going to the desert seeking advice and counsel from the early Desert Fathers. By the time of Anthony's death, there were so many men and women living in the desert in celibacy that it was described as "a city" by Anthony's biographer.
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In 393 or 394 he commented: "Moreover, if unbelief is fornication, and idolatry unbelief, and covetousness idolatry, it is not to be doubted that covetousness also is fornication. Who, then, in that case can rightly separate any unlawful lust whatever from the category of fornication, if covetousness
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Many evangelicals prefer the term "abstinence" to "celibacy". Assuming everyone will marry, they focus their discussion on refraining from premarital sex and focusing on the joys of a future marriage. But some evangelicals, particularly older singles, desire a positive message of celibacy that moves
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Augustine explained it in this way: "Why therefore is it enjoined upon mind, that it should know itself? I suppose, in order that it may consider itself, and live according to its own nature; that is, seek to be regulated according to its own nature, viz., under Him to whom it ought to be subject,
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The view of the Church is that celibacy is a reflection of life in Heaven, a source of detachment from the material world which aids in one's relationship with God. Celibacy is designed to "consecrate themselves with undivided heart to the Lord and to "the affairs of the Lord, they give themselves
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stated that "or the aspirant a life of strict celibacy is preferable to married life, if restraint comes to him easily without undue sense of self-repression. Such restraint is difficult for most persons and sometimes impossible, and for them married life is decidedly more helpful than a life of
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Sufi order are celibate. Unlike other Sufi orders in China, the leadership within the order is not a hereditary position, rather, one of the disciples of the celibate Shaikh is chosen by the Shaikh to succeed him. The 92-year-old celibate Shaikh Yang Shijun was the leader of the
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emphasized the importance of overcoming the desires of the flesh and saw the state of celibacy being superior to that of marriage. Paul made parallels between the relations between spouses and God's relationship with the church. "Husbands, love your wives even as Christ loved the church. Husbands
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Dixi etiam quodam loco: «Quod enim est cibus ad salutem hominis, hoc est concubitus ad salutem generis, et utrumque non-est sine delectatione carnali, quae tamen modificata et temperantia refrenante in usum naturalem redacta, libido esse non-potest». Quod ideo dictum est, quoniam "libido non-est
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Council of Elvira (306) but these early statutes were not universal and were often defied by clerics and then retracted by hierarchy. The Synod of Gangra (345) condemned a false asceticism whereby worshipers boycotted
430:'s disciples have to live in celibacy. However, it is a general view that Christ himself lived a life of perfect chastity; thus, "Voluntary chastity is the imitation of him who was the virgin Son of a virgin Mother". One of his invocations is "King of virgins and lover of stainless chastity"
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Matthew 19 was a call to be sexually continent and that this developed into celibacy for priests as the successors of the apostles. Others see the call to be sexually continent in Matthew 19 to be a caution for men who were too readily divorcing and remarrying.
468:), which include chastity alongside poverty and obedience, Jesus is said to have " the rule of the higher life, founded upon his own most perfect life", for those who seek "the highest perfection" and feel "called to follow Christ in this way"—i.e. through such "exceptional sacrifices".
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and his followers. Pythagorean thinking was dominated by a profoundly mystical view of the world. The
Pythagorean code further restricted his members from eating meat, fish, and beans which they practised for religious, ethical and ascetic reasons, in particular the idea of
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Muslims in China. In China, unlike other Muslim sects, the leaders (Shaikhs) of the
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is simply an unmarried or single person, and celibacy is perceived as synonymous with sexual abstinence or restraint." Sipe adds that even in the relatively uniform milieu of
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African and Native American religious traditions, celibacy has been viewed negatively as well, although there were exceptions like periodic celibacy practiced by some Mesoamerican warriors.
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ordain both celibate and married men. However, in both the East and the West, bishops are chosen from among those who are celibate. In Ireland, several priests have fathered children, the two most prominent being bishop
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entirely to God and to men. It is a sign of this new life to the service of which the Church's minister is consecrated; accepted with a joyous heart celibacy radiantly proclaims the Reign of God." In contrast,
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traditions, bishops are required to be celibate. In the Eastern Catholic and Orthodox traditions, priests and deacons are allowed to be married, yet have to remain celibate if they are unmarried at the time of
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The classical heritage flourished throughout the Middle Ages in both the Byzantine Greek East and the Latin West. When discerning the population of Christendom in Medieval Europe during the Middle Ages,
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A voluntary refusal to marry or engage in sexual intercourse, celibacy is often associated with taking religious vows. The three types of religious celibacy are sacerdotal, monastic, and institutional.
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beyond the "wait until marriage" message of abstinence campaigns. They seek a new understanding of celibacy that is focused on God rather than a future marriage or a lifelong vow to the Church.
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is to keep a person focused on the purpose in life, the things that instill a feeling of peace and contentment. It is also used to cultivate occult powers and many supernatural feats, called
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who launched the movement that became the Desert Fathers. Sometime around AD 270, Anthony heard a Sunday sermon stating that perfection could be achieved by
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3684:"Why Does the Catholic Church Insist on Celibacy?" by Rafael Domingo
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2816:"Bishop's Quiet Action Allows Priest Both Flock And Family"
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The rule of celibacy in the Buddhist religion, whether
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3065:"Tafsir Al-Jalalayn | Sura Al-Hadid (57) Verse No. 27"
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3170:Westerlund, David; Svanberg, Ingvar, eds. (1999).
3040:A Taste of Honey: Sexuality and Erotology in Islam
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426:There is no commandment in the New Testament that
206:, meaning "unmarried". This word derives from two
3146:Women in Muslim Societies: Diversity Within Unity
1402:Kristin Aune. "Celibacy". In Jodi O'Brien (ed.).
534:is often credited with being the first hermit or
461:regarding celibacy as the preferable of the two.
3472:. San Francisco: Sufism Reoriented. pp. 144–45.
3325:(illustrated ed.). Routledge. p. 197.
3227:Muslim Diversity: Local Islam in Global Contexts
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2575:"TPM (CPM) PENTECOSTAL MISSION | WORD WILL SAVE"
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1885:A Return to Modesty: Discovering the Lost Virtue
2358:Nisi radicem mali humanus tunc reciperet sensus
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1780:Frayser, Suzanne G.; Whitby, Thomas J. (1995).
3387:. University of Washington Press. p. 89.
2683:"Catechism of the Roman Catholic Church, 1579"
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637:lived in marriages. Augustine taught that the
449:should love their wives as their own bodies" (
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3696:The Biblical foundation of priestly celibacy
3528:. San Francisco: Sufism Reoriented. p. 146.
3500:. San Francisco: Sufism Reoriented. p. 145.
3197:Westerlund, David; Svanberg, Ingvar (2012).
1783:Studies in Human Sexuality: A Selected Guide
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961:American Association of Christian Counselors
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5249:Sexual and reproductive health and rights
3570:The Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink
2975:. Syracuse University Press. p. 53.
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999:in Vedic scripture, is the fourth of the
920:Discalced Carmelites from Argentina, 2013
896:of the Church (such as the belief in the
200:, "state of being unmarried", from Latin
3649:. Collegeville, Minn.: Liturgical Press.
3149:. Lynne Rienner Publishers. p. 12.
2360:("Contra Julianum", I, 9.42; PL 44, 670)
1274:. Oxford University Press. p. 145.
1088:Celibacy is practiced by Haydariya Sufi
819:"A famous letter of Synesius of Cyrene (
786:Clerical celibacy in the Catholic Church
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2071:, A. R. Mowbrey & Co., 1917, p. 248
1815:(Rev ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill.
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860:of the Church. Some say the call to be
623:Nuns in procession, French manuscript,
362:instead of monastic renunciation. This
298:Buddhist monks in Chiang Mai Province,
3116:Jaschok, Maria; Shui, Jingjun (2000).
2591:
2125:. Gracewing 1990; 2nd Rev. ed., p. 36.
1009:represents. The purpose of practicing
873:, whom the Church considers its first
852:are considered to have been the first
651:tree of the knowledge of good and evil
409:St. John the Baptist in the Wilderness
3579:from the original on 6 February 2009.
3095:. Taylor & Francis. p. 692.
2814:Niebuhur, Gustav (16 February 1997).
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1514:. Foreign Media Group. p. 180.
267:commented on the terminology in her
56:) is the state of voluntarily being
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5063:Friends with benefits relationships
3176:. St. Martin's Press. p. 199.
2836:. Libreria Editrice Vaticana. 1990.
2304:34–35; CSEL 25, 872; PL 42, 551–572
2206:"Why Orthodox Bishops are Celibate"
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1652:DePaulo, Bella (23 December 2009).
1474:. New York: Robert Appleton Company
716:(and often a criterion for certain
3043:. Rabaah Publishers. p. 145.
2369:In one of Augustine's late works,
2226:. 28 February 2014. Archived from
2123:Clerical Celibacy in East and West
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2041:Robert Crooks; Karla Baur (2010).
1932:Henry Chadwick, The Early Church,
1404:Encyclopedia of Gender and Society
877:, was married given that he had a
180:indicate that the Islamic prophet
136:or communities— such as the
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2947:, Tadabbur-i Qur'an, vol. 5, 400.
2892:. Religionnews.com. 4 August 2014
2315:On the Literal Meaning of Genesis
2276:On the Literal Meaning of Genesis
2189:Orthodox Priests Have the Option.
1972:The Sarum Rite, Common of Virgins
1759:. Da Capo Press. pp. 16–17.
1379:Celibacy and Religious Traditions
645:was either an act of foolishness
432:(Rex virginum, amator castitatis)
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3701:The Reformation view of Celibacy
3381:Lipman, Jonathan Neaman (1998).
2408:Imperfectum Opus contra Iulianum
2166:Catechism of the Catholic Church
1468:. In Herbermann, Charles (ed.).
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879:mother-in-law whom Christ healed
538:to go to the desert, but it was
4848:LGBT-affirming religious groups
3411:Historical Dictionary of Sufism
3259:Esposito, John L., ed. (1999).
2489:Vitello, Paul (22 March 2009).
1537:Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
1511:Encyclopedia of World Religions
464:In the counsels of perfection (
4012:Sexually transmitted infection
3546:Numa Denis Fustel de Coulanges
1271:Garner's Modern American Usage
948:Celibate homosexual Christians
676:In the early 3rd century, the
657:. Their nature was wounded by
587:vivere in carne praeter carnem
176:, practised celibacy. Several
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4059:Women who have sex with women
3595:History of Western Philosophy
3224:Manger, Leif O., ed. (1999).
2797:"Celibacy and the Priesthood"
2457:I, 11, 5 (GCS Socr. 42, i9f.)
1887:. New York: Touchstone, 2000.
1444:Online Etymology Dictionary,
1433:Shulchan Aruch, Even Hae'ezer
1268:Bryan Garner (28 July 2009).
1020:In the religious movement of
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4192:History of erotic depictions
4082:Criminal transmission of HIV
3200:Islam Outside the Arab World
3173:Islam Outside the Arab World
2468:Celibacy in the Early Church
2384:De nuptiis et concupiscentia
2136:Dictionary of Moral Theology
2134:art. Celibacy, clerical, in
1856:10.1016/0091-2182(81)90079-3
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1495:Dictionary of Moral Theology
633:In the early Church, higher
4177:Counterculture of the 1960s
3263:The Oxford History of Islam
2573:www.site5.com (July 2010).
1908:"VIMALAKIRTI NIRDESA SUTRA"
1838:"(Review) The new celibacy"
1836:Fischman, Susan H. (1981).
1682:(3d ed. 1992), entries for
1508:Johannes P. Schadé (2006).
1448:. Retrieved 11 August 2009.
512:Saint Catherine's Monastery
354:recorded the zen patriarch
172:, a Jewish sect during the
5326:
4899:Human sexuality portal
3203:. Routledge. p. 199.
2969:Semerdjian, Elyse (2008).
2701:"Was Saint Peter Married?"
2426:De sermone Domini in monte
2422:On the Sermon on the Mount
2224:National Catholic Reporter
2171:Libreria Editrice Vaticana
1962:The Church's Year of Grace
1843:Journal of Nurse-Midwifery
1753:Abbott, Elizabeth (2001).
1726:A.W. Richard Sipe (1990).
1699:A.W. Richard Sipe (1990).
1170:The Code of Lekë Dukagjini
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1123:Dionysius of Halicarnassus
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4044:Men who have sex with men
2736:. Vatican. Archived from
2705:Catholic Straight Answers
2386:, II, 21.36; PL 44, 443;
1807:Brown, Gabrielle (1989).
1732:. Routledge. p. 52.
1169:
902:Eastern Catholic Churches
3346:Gladney, Dru C. (1996).
3009:. UBC Press. p. 8.
2856:. Simon & Schuster.
2659:"Celibacy of the Clergy"
2195:. Retrieved 23 July 2021
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1996:10.1177/0142064X05057772
1705:. Routledge. p. 3.
1629:Elsevier Health Sciences
1165:Kanuni i Lekë Dukagjinit
741:and voluntary celibacy.
706:Saint Augustine of Hippo
358:as being an advocate of
140:–, for members of
5183:Physical attractiveness
3682:Rafael Domingo (2020):
3037:Akande, Habeeb (2015).
1602:. thefreedictionary.com
1300:Oxford University Press
1109:Ancient Greece and Rome
929:, referring to Plato's
682:Apostolic Constitutions
574:According to the later
337:Higashifushimi Kunihide
226:Abstinence and celibacy
196:derives from the Latin
146:religious congregations
5224:Human female sexuality
5157:Split attraction model
5038:Committed relationship
4320:Split attraction model
4310:Sexual objectification
4220:Anarchism and love/sex
3003:Khan, Shahnaz (2011).
2780:Cholij, Roman (1993).
1906:Thurman, Robert A. F.
1234:O'Brien, Jodi (2009).
1100:The spiritual teacher
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835:Second Lateran Council
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746:Protestant Reformation
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630:
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261:operational definition
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124:priests, Catholic and
39:Albanian sworn virgins
5274:Sex-positive movement
5269:Sex-positive feminism
5254:Sex Addicts Anonymous
5127:Queer heterosexuality
4280:Sex-positive movement
3933:Reproductive medicine
3928:Obesity and sexuality
3875:Sexual response cycle
3706:HBO documentary film
3620:Heid, Stefan (2000).
3435:Renard, John (2009).
3408:Renard, John (2005).
2850:Durant, Will (2005).
2455:Historia ealesiastica
2451:Socrates Scholasticus
2382:, 16.18; PL 40, 385;
2319:De Genesi ad litteram
2281:De Genesi ad litteram
2148:Aduersus Jovinianum I
1877:A History of Celibacy
1756:A History of Celibacy
1471:Catholic Encyclopedia
1464:Melody, John (1913).
1210:Feminism and celibacy
1205:Abstinence in Judaism
978:
954:homosexual Christians
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846:Roman Catholic Church
831:First Lateran Council
796:
695:
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269:A History of Celibacy
5229:Human male sexuality
5120:Romantic orientation
4806:Buddhist monasticism
4796:Christian demonology
4622:Urethral intercourse
4421:Erotic sexual denial
4112:Cybersex trafficking
3985:Erectile dysfunction
3438:The A to Z of Sufism
2740:on 18 February 2008.
2406:Augustine of Hippo,
2356:Augustine of Hippo,
2313:Augustine of Hippo,
2274:Augustine of Hippo,
2175:Paragraphs 1577–1579
1244:. pp. 118–119.
1158:Balkan sworn virgins
466:evangelical counsels
370:and spiritual life.
184:denounced celibacy.
174:Second Temple period
5006:Casual relationship
4954:Sexual relationship
4860:Sacred prostitution
4649:Wet T-shirt contest
4513:Non-penetrative sex
4471:Mammary intercourse
4152:Revenge pornography
3923:Masters and Johnson
3885:Vaginal lubrication
2853:Story of Philosophy
2803:on 5 December 2008.
2689:on 11 January 2010.
2466:Stefan Heid (2000),
2292:34, 377; cf. idem,
2193:The Washington Post
1875:Abbott, Elizabeth.
1377:Carl Olson (2007).
208:Proto-Indo-European
154:consecrated virgins
134:Protestant churches
5289:Stanley v. Georgia
5234:Right to sexuality
5203:Sexual frustration
5142:Sexual orientation
4706:Red-light district
4602:Sexual penetration
4590:Sexual intercourse
4508:Nipple stimulation
4187:Golden Age of Porn
4087:Child sexual abuse
4054:Sexual orientation
3980:Sexual dysfunction
3918:Male contraceptive
3880:Sexual stimulation
3829:Nocturnal emission
2820:The New York Times
2495:The New York Times
1131:was the system of
1085:China as of 1998.
985:
965:conversion therapy
922:
898:Assumption of Mary
806:
737:, celibacy of the
698:
631:
592:Against Jovinianus
516:
489:consecrated virgin
471:A number of early
424:
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360:marital continence
303:
130:Anglican Communion
62:sexually abstinent
5297:
5296:
5279:Sexual revolution
5188:Sexual attraction
5137:Sexual abstinence
5026:Celibacy syndrome
4907:
4906:
4816:Hindu monasticism
4801:Clerical celibacy
4667:Adult video games
4378:Sexual activities
4295:Sexual attraction
4285:Sexual abstinence
4197:Sexual revolution
4182:Feminist sex wars
4137:Sexual misconduct
4132:Sexual harassment
4097:Indecent exposure
3804:Clitoral erection
3590:Russell, Bertrand
3534:978-1-880619-09-4
3506:978-1-880619-09-4
3478:978-1-880619-09-4
2945:Amin Ahsan Islahi
2863:978-0-671-69500-2
2758:Code of Canon Law
2733:Code of Canon Law
2380:De bono coniugali
2288:49,28 and 50–52;
2054:978-0-495-81294-4
2027:978-0-226-45739-0
1521:978-1-60136-000-7
1427:29b; Maimonides,
1388:978-0-19-804181-8
1281:978-0-19-988877-1
1186:Albanian Orthodox
1038:Marriage in Islam
735:clerical celibacy
604:Oriental Orthodox
598:In the Catholic,
540:Anthony the Great
473:Christian martyrs
384:Kateri Tekakwitha
333:Meiji Restoration
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4784:Hinduism
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