2006-10-12 16:03:04 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
You answered your own question about celibacy in that it is the opposite of being fruitful and multiplying, although some priests tend to be a bit fruity. Just another contradiction in this bizarre world.
2006-10-12 16:05:37 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Celebacy is remaining single and not getting married. Notice that the verse says them and doesn't say that everyone should be fruitful and multiply, this was a direct command to Adam and Eve.
"28And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth." Genesis 1:28
2006-10-12 23:23:48 · answer #2 · answered by G W 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Where in the commandments does it mention celebacy?
Go forth and multiply refers to the apostles going in different directions and spreading the word of god
2006-10-12 23:12:19 · answer #3 · answered by oct2855 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The command to go forth and multiply was given to the human race at large, but not specifically to every human being. Millions of human beings don't marry, for a great many reasons. Voluntarily sacrificing the right to have one's own family in order to be more available to serve God and His people, as Saint Paul did, is surely one of the noblest reasons to choose celibacy. Far nobler than those who marry but avoid having children because it might infringe upon their materialistic lifestyle.
2006-10-12 23:24:58 · answer #4 · answered by PaulCyp 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Celibacy is a discipline (not a doctrine) of the Roman or Latin rite of the Catholic Church. Some priests who have converted from other churches remain married. Again, this is because celibacy is not, and never was, a doctrine.
Matt. 19:11-12 - Jesus says celibacy is a gift from God and whoever can bear it should bear it. Jesus praises and recommends celibacy for full-time ministers in the Church. Because celibacy is a gift from God, those who criticize the Church's practice of celibacy are criticizing God and this wonderful gift He bestows on His chosen ones.
1 Tim. 4:3 - in this verse, Paul refers to deceitful doctrines that forbid marriage. Many non-Catholics also use this verse to impugn the Church's practice of celibacy. This is entirely misguided because the Catholic Church (unlike many Protestant churches) exalts marriage to a sacrament. In fact, marriage is elevated to a sacrament, but consecrated virginity is not. The Church declares marriage sacred, covenantal and lifegiving. Paul is referring to doctrines that forbid marriage and other goods when done outside the teaching of Christ and for a lessor good. Celibacy is an act of giving up one good (marriage and children) for a greater good (complete spiritual union with God).
2006-10-12 23:21:49 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Although most people are at some point in their lives called to the married state, the vocation of celibacy is explicitly advocated—as well as practiced—by both Jesus and Paul.
So far from "commanding" marriage in 1 Corinthians 7, in that very chapter Paul actually endorses celibacy for those capable of it: "To the unmarried and the widows I say that it is well for them to remain single as I am. But if they cannot exercise self-control, they should marry. For it is better to marry than to be aflame with passion" (7:8-9).
It is only because of this "temptation to immorality" (7:2) that Paul gives the teaching about each man and woman having a spouse and giving each other their "conjugal rights" (7:3); he specifically clarifies, "I say this by way of concession, not of command. I wish that all were as I myself am. But each has his own special gift from God, one of one kind and one of another" (7:6-7, emphasis added).
Paul even goes on to make a case for preferring celibacy to marriage: "Are you free from a wife? Do not seek marriage. . . those who marry will have worldly troubles, and I would spare you that. . . . The unmarried man is anxious about the affairs of the Lord, how to please the Lord; but the married man is anxious about worldly affairs, how to please his wife, and his interests are divided. And the unmarried woman or girl is anxious about the affairs of the Lord, how to be holy in body and spirit; but the married woman is anxious about worldly affairs, how to please her husband" (7:27-34).
Paul’s conclusion: He who marries "does well; and he who refrains from marriage will do better" (7:38).
2006-10-12 23:12:47 · answer #6 · answered by Sldgman 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Celebacy is not having sex. Man has multiplied enough now.
2006-10-12 23:04:56 · answer #7 · answered by ? 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, God was pretty clear in the Bible, that He wanted sex to be within the confines of marriage. So if a person did not want to marry or could not find a partner, the idea is to remain celibate.
However, Paul stated that it was better to remain unmarried but if a person could not control their passions, they should marry.
2006-10-12 23:05:51 · answer #8 · answered by Searcher 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
celibacy is abstaining from sex. god's command to go ahead and multiply is really not a commandment, but a "suggestion." if you choose celibacy, you are not going against any commandment.
2006-10-12 23:11:09 · answer #9 · answered by mpicky2 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If I understand your God correctly, he apparently wishes that a Man and a Woman dedicate their lives to each other (IE-Marry?), before bringing a child into this world.
2006-10-12 23:07:41 · answer #10 · answered by Alkhara 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋