Why Roman Catholic nuns abstain from marriage?

Question

Why Roman Catholic nuns abstain from marriage, when propagation is allowed by all including christianity. Is it self containment for the sake of God?

Answer 1

Thise sweet sistahs rarely need male companship. They seem to like the comradery of the other femeles. It is possible there are priests who visit some of the very pretty sistahs.

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Answer 2

In the Gospel of Luke, Jesus tells us that there are some people who forsake marriage and sex for the sake of the Kingdom of God -- and He calls on anyone who's able to accept this teaching for their own life to do so.

Catholic nuns, priests, and religious brothers have accepted it.

It's true that Catholic nuns, religious brothers, and priests don't marry or have sex or "propagate," but no one is obligated to become a nun, brother, or priest.

So, contrary to what seems to be popular belief, no one in the Catholic Church is "forbidden" from marrying or having sex. Entering a religious vocation that calls for celibacy is entirely voluntarily.

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Answer 3

They are supposed to be married to God, and therefore can put aside more 'worldly' concerns that married life and havigng children necessarily entails, in order to focus on their spiritual life.
In the olden days, becoming a nun was the only acceptable alternative to marriage for a woman. It gave her power and education that she would not have got through an unequal marriage. Celibacy was the way to achieve this - if a woman did not marry, she was seen by many as 'surpassing' her weak and lustful 'natural' feminine state, and therefore was given a lot more respect.

Answer 4

Great question by the way. As a former protestant, I researched this myself and realised the practical side of the also had to do with abuses in the church where priests and bishops were handing down authority and control to their sons. i think the other explantions regarding the practice of celibacy by paul christ and john the baptist were also great factors. Please understand that this practice is not Dogma as is true of many ctholic Oral traditions. therefore it could change again. what needs to be remembered is that marriage is not shunned. it is a sacrament like Holy orders. Orthodox faiths still have married clergy. for protestants still confused, google search M. Scott Hahn former protestant clergyman now teaching Catholic theology and Bible study as a layperson at a francisan university. He explains Catholic doctrine quite succinctly.

Answer 5

They consider themselves married to the church. Catholics hate to hear it, but the first nuns were virgins for the use of the priests and monks. The term nunnery, in Shakespear's time, was another word for a house of ill repute. I am not sure when the concept of nuns changed to where the were set apart for celibacy and service in the church, but nowadays they are for the most part a dedicated group of women who do many good works for the church.

Answer 6

Priests, religious brothers and religious sisters (nuns) as part of their vocation choose not to marry following:
+ The practice recommended in the Bible
+ The example of Jesus Christ, John the Baptist, and the Apostle Paul.

+++ Scripture +++

+ In Matthew 19:12, Jesus says, "Some are incapable of marriage because they were born so; some, because they were made so by others; some, because they have renounced marriage for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. Whoever can accept this ought to accept it."

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.

+ In Matthew 19:29, Jesus says, "And everyone who has given up houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or lands for the sake of my name will receive a hundred times more, and will inherit eternal life."

Whoever gives up children for the sake of His name will receive a hundred times more and will inherit eternal life. Jesus praises celibacy when it is done for the sake of His kingdom.

+ Matthew 22:30 - Jesus explains, "At the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage but are like the angels in heaven."

In heaven there are no marriages. To bring about Jesus' kingdom on earth, priests live the heavenly consecration to God by not taking a wife in marriage. This way, priests are able to focus exclusively on the spiritual family, and not have any additional pressures of the biological family (which is for the vocation of marriage). This also makes it easier for priests to be transferred to different parishes where they are most needed without having to worry about the impact of their transfer on wife and children.

+ In 1 Corinthians 7:1, Paul writes, "It is a good thing for a man not to touch a woman."

This is the choice that the Catholic priests of the Roman rite freely make.

+ Then in 1 Corinthians 7:7, Paul says, "Indeed, I wish everyone to be as I am."

Paul acknowledges that celibacy is a gift from God and wishes that all were celibate like he is.

+ In 1 Corinthians 7:27, Paul writes, "Are you free of a wife? Then do not look for a wife."

Paul teaches men that they should not seek marriage. In Paul’s opinion, marriage introduces worldly temptations that can interfere with one’s relationship with God, specifically regarding those who will become full time ministers in the Church.

+ In 1 Corinthians 7:32-33, Paul teaches, "I should like you to be free of anxieties. An unmarried man is anxious about the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord. But a married man is anxious about the things of the world, how he may please his wife." And in verse 38, "So then, the one who marries his virgin does well; the one who does not marry her will do better."

Paul recommends celibacy for full time ministers in the Church so that they are able to focus entirely upon God and building up His kingdom. He “who refrains from marriage will do better.”

See also
1 Timothy 5:9-12
2 Timothy 2:3-4
Revevation 14:4
Isaiah 56:3-7
Jeremiah 16:1-4

+++ Scriptural Examples +++

The celibate clergy did not come into full bloom until about 1000 A.D. There were many married priests, bishops, and popes before this time.

Biblical role models of a celibate clergy came from the Jews, John the Baptist, Jesus, and the Apostle Paul.

The Jews. The Talmud argues that a person whose “soul is bound up with the Torah and is constantly occupied with it” may remain celibate (Maimonides, Laws of Marriage 15.3). For example, Yahweh ordered the prophet Jeremiah not to marry (Jeremiah 16:1-4). Moreover, the Essenes was a group that was active in Jesus’ time that practiced celibacy and thought by most scholars to be the authors of the Dead Sea Scrolls.

WWJD? What would Jesus do? Jesus did not marry.

John the Baptist and Jesus are both believed to have been celibate for their entire lives. Some scholars believe that the example of the Essenes influenced either or both Jesus and John the Baptist in their celibacy.

The Apostle Paul is explicit about his celibacy (see 1 Cor. 7). There is also evidence in the gospel of Matthew for the practice of celibacy among at least some early Christians, in the famous passage about becoming “eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven” (Matt. 19:12).

With love in Christ.

Answer 7

They make an abstinence bow, and they are supposed to get married to God.

Answer 8

They devote their lives to God.

Answer 9

They are married to jesus, and waiting for him to tap that booty (AKA leaving the door open at night for the priests..)....