Celibacy in the Church

[@JayRedding12_12]

This explains why I've always loved chastity. It feels so much cleaner and Holy.

[@plutoneptune]

It's compulsory

[@sedevacante0027]

Born a Cradle Catholic who lapsed then ran back like the Hound of Heaven. Once I rearrived. I've now been celibate for 5 years and find every day easier and brighter to follow and focus my faith and dedication.

[@josephpack7315]

Five year convert here. I battled that mortal sin that most men fight for decades. I prayed and prayed for God to take it from me. After I converted to the Holy Catholic Church, I was drawn to the Rosary. I got one and learned to pray it. I put it down many times, but I always went back to it for some reason. I can tell you now, it has completely changed me. That mortal sin is gone. Absolutely no desire for it. Long story short, chastity is possible. Pray the Rosary men. Be strong and ask God for righteousness. He will give it just as He promised. Don’t give up! Keep going! Thank you Lord Jesus and Moma Mary for all that you have done for me! I love you!!

[@zacharyluckfly]

May you be supremely blessed. May you have all that you need. May God be merciful and just.

[@loydsouza8019]

simply a very good teacher Dr Pitre

[@applin121]

New Catholic here, and it’s good to hear celibacy spoken about in such positive and encouraging terms. Being single in the church can be quite lonely at times.

[@applin121]

@po18guy thank you 🙏🏻

[@plutoneptune]

Marriage should be avoided at all costs. Celibacy is the only way.

[@pete9688]

I really enjoy Dr. Pitre’s videos ever since I saw him on Matthew Leonard’s interview. He’s down to earth and explains our Faith as such. Thanks Dr.

[@sloanjackson8]

Thank you for the content Dr.!

[@reemsuekar8112]

Thank you, Dr Brant.

[@marknovetske4738]

You are a treasure! Praise God for you

[@sandrapereira-fonseca3650]

Dr. Pitre awesome as always

[@HarleyDavidson-k9e]

I hope I made right decision! Trying to cut off lush in my life and I don't see other way than celibacy (help me jesus) 🙏

[@Cal0rb]

John the Baptist was certainly celibate. I mean he’s eatin bugs for dinner. The guys a bachelor 😂

[@marypatalano6079]

AHAHAHAH!!!! VERY FUNNY!!! THE REALITY HERE IS MANDATORY CELIBACY IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IS NOTHING BUT A TERRIBLE MAN MADE RULE!!! ST.PETER AND ALL THE OTHER APOSTLES WERE THE VERY FIRST CHRISTIAN PRIESTS AND THEY WERE MARRIED. EVER SINCE THEN,,,PRIESTS WERE ALLOWED TO MARRY,,,UNTIL THE CATHOLIC CHURCH DID NOT WANT PRIESTS TO LEAVE THEIR INHERITANCE TO THEIR WIVES AND CHILDREN. IT IS ALL BUT A BIG HORRIBLE BUSINESS!!! CELIBACY SHOULD BE CHOICE,,NOT A DEMAND!!!!!!!! JUST LIKE IT IS IN THE ORTHODOX CHURCH AND OTHER RELIGIONS. NO WONDER SO MUCH EVIL ENTERED INTO THE CATHOLIC CHURCH WITH HORRIBLE SEX SCANDALS. POOR CHILDREN WHO HAVE BEEN AND CONTINUE TO BE ABUSED BY THIS HORRIBLE MAN MADE RULE!!!!! AS FOR POPE FRANCIS,,,HE IS A VERY GOOD MAN,,,BUT SURELY NOT A REFORMER. IF THIS HORRIBLE CELIBACY KEEPS UP...MORE AND MORE PRIESTS WILL CONTINUE TO DECLINE.

[@lonelyberg1316]

Good one Caleb

[@glennlanham6309]

I can identify

[@DarkAngel-cj6sx]

😆 🤣 😂 do funny

[@MissPopuri]

@@marypatalano6079 putting things in all caps doesn’t make you smart. It only makes you look like an idiot on the Internet. Speak normally or shut the front door...

[@antezulj4453]

Another great interpretation, let all people who don't think good about celibacy see this!

[@dougwildman3981]

Very interesting perspective. I appreciate that you brought it back to the Scripture.

[@ciscokd72]

If you are in Christ, you will not be able to give yourself to someone else. For you are His and not your own to give.

[@cuauhtemocmorisco3493]

Father of heaven and hosts please make me a Saint💚😔

[@lucyrubach4970]

this was very helpful 4 me to understand the Catholic position on celibacy

[@runargunnarsson7336]

Thanks for the teaching, I am so grateful!

[@patkeohane5005]

Another great talk. Thank you.

[@mkultravictimbf]

They way the reformers champions St. Paul yet largely ignores his teaching on celibacy shows how dishonest and satanic the movement was. Not that there were'nt points worth adressing back then.

[@marknovetske4738]

Your one of the best! Keep feeding us sheep 🐑

[@IreneuszCzech]

Thanks. Please, pray for consecrated people on 2 Feb. 🙏😀

[@R.C.425]

Thank you

[@crazuri2]

Paul says he “I want you to be free from anxieties.” But then goes on to say both unmarried and married men are both anxious. So how can we be free of anxiety?

[@danielmugambi4392]

Enlightened

[@jenniferlewis5508]

You know how I knew God was around me ? He uprooted the whoredom,and lust ,many men,and cleaned me up unto a new woman were I completely understand what it means to be celibacy and a marriage and vow to him is 💯

[@plutoneptune]

@@jenniferlewis5508 Avoid marriage at all costs. Celibacy is the only way.

[@arvindvaz6816]

Paul was a widower just like Barnabas. He had two daughters he distinguished. 1Cor.7:8,32-34; 9:5,6.

[@christophersalinas2722]

This does not take away from his teaching or have any bearing on the matter

[@plutoneptune]

@@arvindvaz6816 Celibacy is the only way. Marriage should be avoided at all costs.

[@arvindvaz6816]

@@plutoneptune. Very unscriptural and demonic. 1Tim.4:1-3.

[@plutoneptune]

@@arvindvaz6816 ur demonic

[@CARS63]

"The guy's a bachelor". LOL!

[@alannahmay3823]

Can celibacy enable a person to more easily reach a higher spiritual state than someone who is caught up in the the cares of a spouse and children? Is there something about overcoming (or sublimating) the powerful human desire for sex that draws one closer to God?

[@pete9688]

I think that what Dr. is saying is that that “ act “ Of procreation- somewhat a God-like act, should be tempered. Aristotle once said in his writing refuting the plurality of gods that there is one Essence. And that Essence wants us to be like it. St. Thomas read Aristotle. The conjugal act is beautiful, and necessary to praise Our Lord. And yes, we do near ourselves to God during the act, but it must be tempered. - spaced out.

[@MissPopuri]

Paul VI wrote an encyclical about Sacred Celibacy in 1967. If you square the opening paragraphs with other teachings of the Church, you realize that the celibate state is a call of love. A married couple, man and woman, may not be ordained priests, but they are kingdom priests called to invite people into their homes. Some of the earliest churches were set up in houses of married people. They honor these houses in Rome as stational churches especially during Advent, Lent, and Easter. Celibacy is roughly defined as the state where men do not get married. We are all called to chastity which is purity in our state of life. The virgins, the married, the widows, and the penitents have various struggles to be pure in an imperfect age. It is above all a call to deeper prayer and fasting.

[@plutoneptune]

​@@pete9688marriage should be avoided at all costs. Celibacy is the only way.

[@ronaldbobeck1026]

Ah Eastern Rite catholics have married clergy, our Orthodox brothers the same . I believe we need to re vist that , most of our Decons are married.,also.

[@christophersalinas2722]

Latin rite deacons may also marry. It is not *wrong* as in a sin for Orthodox or eastern catholic priests to marry. It’s acceptable according to their rites

[@d.o.7784]

So, the question becomes this, how can the celibates people deal with their sexual desires? After all, they must have it, and without wife or husband what would they do?

[@christophersalinas2722]

Like.. resisting lust?

[@plutoneptune]

Marriage should be avoided at all costs. Celibacy is the only way.

[@DenisOhAichir]

Did Jesus have a scriptural reference to say we'd be like angels in the world to come, and what about going forth and multiplying?

[@sliglusamelius8578]

Paul did not recommend that celibacy be practiced by everyone!

[@christophersalinas2722]

Did JESUS have a scriptural reference? Pretty sure God doesn’t need a scriptural reference. The scriptures reference from HIM!

[@DenisOhAichir]

@@christophersalinas2722 Jesus is the word incarnate, therefore he had to have the reference.

[@christophersalinas2722]

@@DenisOhAichir Uh what

[@plutoneptune]

@@sliglusamelius8578 Marriage should be avoided at all costs. Celibacy is the only way.

[@Ankoian]

So, is the resurrection body or spirit? ... If there will be no marriage, and people will be like angeles?? (Mat. 22:30)

[@CatholicProductions]

Bodily. Like the angels, we will not be married to other people. Context is key (as with all passages) as to in what sense we will be like angels. Not in all things, but in context, we will not be married just as the angels are not. Stripped from its context we can make it mean whatever we want.

[@MasterKeyMagic]

so its optional?

[@christophersalinas2722]

For non latin priests? Absolutely optional. Laymen may marry or be celibate

[@plutoneptune]

@@christophersalinas2722 Marriage should be avoided at all costs. Celibacy is the only way.

[@JayRedding12_12]

This should be titled Celibacy in the Bible.

[@tonyhayes9827]

Unmarried here means celibate. So if we are celebrate in the next life will we still be male and female and if so, why? What,s the point?

[@ircensko7324]

Being male or female is an essential part of one's personality as is visibly expressed through the body. Jesus and Mary are still male and female respectively in heaven. So after the resurrection, we will have sexed bodies. Nothing that is good will be eliminated in heaven, rather everything will be brought to perfection for "grace does not destroy nature but perfects it".

[@tonyhayes9827]

@@ircensko7324 Thank-you Matthew. Yes I agree everything will be brought to perfection. Thanks for reminding me. It's a mystery of course but one that I believe in and look forward to.

[@tonyhayes9827]

@po18guy Agreed but why the need for male and female in us? Its a real question. He made us male and female for a purpose. That purpose doesn't exist in heaven so why be male and female. I'm not saying there should be sex in heaven, just why be male and female if there's no point.

[@christophersalinas2722]

@@tonyhayes9827There would still be a gendered difference. Only the souls of MALES can become priests in ordination. In heaven, priests remain priests. These souls of these priests must remain male

[@PinkYellowGreen2023]

Amen! I've been celibate for two years because when you lay down with dogs, you will eventually get up with fleas.

[@plutoneptune]

@@PinkYellowGreen2023 It should be whole life. Not two years.

[@nhartigan72]

I understand what Paul was trying to say, but I don't think we should really get too focused on a lifetime with no companion. Though we try to be much like Jesus, we are not him. During the creation of this world God recognized that it was good for us to have mates, companions, helpers, etc, thus creating Eve for Adam, just as he made mates throughout the animal kingdom. In the next world, in our next bodies, we may have less need & desire of a partner, but that is not now. The troubles that have sprung up plaguing Catholic Priesthood certainly seem to reflect the need for us to have companions. Paul wrote a lot, but not everything he wrote should be taken as perfect or from God.

[@RedWolf5]

Also Mary, she was perpetually celibate.

[@rooneysue]

So the moral of the story is, it doesn't matter what you do about sex or marriage as in the 'next' life you'll just be free from sex and marriage.

[@plutoneptune]

@@rooneysue wrong. Marriage should be avoided at all costs. Celibacy is the only way.

[@rooneysue]

@@plutoneptune why do you say that

[@plutoneptune]

@@rooneysue that's the truth

[@rooneysue]

@@plutoneptune How'd you know that

[@plutoneptune]

@@rooneysue Common sense

[@JamesRichardWiley]

The early church fathers were not celibate. Celibacy keeps the money and the property in the Church instead of losing it to family members.

[@rubenmontiel5000]

Paul is not preaching celibacy. Paul says in Timothy that "forbidding to marry" is a doctrine of demons. But of course the church finds scriptures that they can twist to fit their narrative. Celibacy was not God's original plan for man.

[@christophersalinas2722]

Paul is not preaching celibacy? He just did. He said it is best to be unmarried. lol.

[@plutoneptune]

Marriage should be avoided at all costs. Celibacy is the only way.

[@champsworld3993]

i want to please the lord,with body and in spirit,mindfully and being in flesh..and conversation ... i believe im married to christ i accept his offer,in person and by spirit,im 42 and i dislike sex, and lusting,its displeasing to my LORD.

[@plutoneptune]

@@champsworld3993 Marriage should be avoided at all costs. Celibacy is the only way.

[@cbooth151]

The Catholic Church is involved in many false teachings. Compulsory priestly celibacy is one of those teachings. The Church knows that requiring single priests to remain unmarried is unscriptural. Consider the following Catholic references: 1. “We do not find in the New Testament any indication of celibacy being made compulsory either upon the Apostles or those whom they ordained.”-The Catholic Encyclopedia 2. “The oldest evidence of a law on priestly celibacy is Canon 33 of the Council of Elvira [Spain], circa 300 C.E.”-Dictionnaire de Théologie Catholique 3. “Celibacy of the clergy is nowhere demanded or even supposed in the NT [New Testament].” --Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Bible 4. In the preamble to this 1967 encyclical, Pope Paul VI admitted that “the New Testament, which preserves the teaching of Christ and the Apostles . . . does not demand celibacy of sacred ministers.” 5. “Ecclesiastical celibacy is not a dogma. The Scriptures do not impose it."--Pope John XXIII Many Catholics believe Jesus encouraged priestly celibacy. But did he? Absolutely not. Jesus was born under the Law of Moses which REQUIRED priests to be MARRIED MEN! As Lev. 21: 1, 7, 13, 14 says: "Yahweh said to Moses: 'Speak to the priests descended from Aaron and say: "They will not marry a woman profaned by prostitution, or one divorced by her husband, for the priest is consecrated to his God. He will marry a woman who is still a virgin. He will not marry a woman who has been widowed or divorced or profaned by prostitution, but will marry a virgin from his own people." So, if Jesus had told unmarried priests to remain celibate, he would have been encouraging them to break the Law.

[@DarkAngel-cj6sx]

Did you check the scripture he quoted?

[@DarkAngel-cj6sx]

Why are you guys are over catholic shows? Stay away.

[@cbooth151]

@@DarkAngel-cj6sx "Did you check the scripture he quoted?" What scripture did I miss that says compulsory priestly celibacy is Scriptural? "Why are you guys are over catholic shows? Stay away." Very poorly-worded sentence. Anyway, why should I stay away? Can't you handle an opposing view? Or, are you so thin-skinned?

[@DarkAngel-cj6sx]

@@cbooth151 sorry it was not meant for you. Someone who went on saying celibacy wasn't in the Bible that is why I was asking if he /she heard about the scripture dr Pitre quoted. I agree with you these people are boring all over catholic shows as if there is nothing going in their churches. They parrot what they have been told without researching. Peace have a great Sunday

[@cbooth151]

@@DarkAngel-cj6sx Hold on. Do you believe that compulsory priestly celibacy is Scriptural?

[@benmendis3264]

Taking Paul as an example does not strengthen your argument Paul volimtarily accepted his choice.But The present day from the Council of Elvira, the position is not voluntary. Chutch imposesthe condition.

[@christophersalinas2722]

It is a latin rite discipline

[@Thebibleauthority]

Paul was a liar. I am Michael

[@plutoneptune]

Marriage should be avoided at all costs. Celibacy is the only way.

[@Thebibleauthority]

@@plutoneptune you are sick.

[@plutoneptune]

@@Thebibleauthority No. You are.

[@cbooth151]

The title of this video is, "Celibacy in the New Testament." Again, we see how the Catholic Church uses individuals like the person in this video to lie to the uninformed. You see, the Catholic Church has taken it upon itself to impose compulsory celibacy on its priesthood. But, does the Bible really say or even imply that unmarried priests must remain single? NO!! Consider the following Catholic references... 1. “We do not find in the New Testament any indication of celibacy being made compulsory either upon the Apostles or those whom they ordained.”-The Catholic Encyclopedia 2. “The oldest evidence of a law on priestly celibacy is Canon 33 of the Council of Elvira [Spain], circa 300 C.E.”-Dictionnaire de Théologie Catholique 3. “Celibacy of the clergy is nowhere demanded or even supposed in the NT [New Testament].” --Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Bible 4. In the preamble to this 1967 encyclical, Pope Paul VI admitted that “the New Testament, which preserves the teaching of Christ and the Apostles . . . does not demand celibacy of sacred ministers.” 5. “Ecclesiastical celibacy is not a dogma. The Scriptures do not impose it."--Pope John XXIII As you can [or should] see, the man in the video is lying to you when he says that compulsory priestly celibacy is found in the New Testament.

[@benmendis3264]

The problem of celebacy cannot be argued by presenting celebate individuals like Paul They accepted Celebacy voluntarily and not to conform to any other person,s agenda.If you look at catholic velebacy One has to be honest enough to say that the Council of Elvira destroyed the element of voluntaryness From celibacy.If you read the Council of Elvira there were other more 'cogent reasons mostly 'economical"

[@cbooth151]

@@benmendis3264 The problem with compulsory priestly celibacy is that it is unscriptural. Neither Jesus nor Paul enforced such a thing. The Catholic Church has a bad habit of teaching falsehoods.

[@alannahmay3823]

The priesthood is entered into voluntarily. Therefore, the celibacy is chosen.

[@cbooth151]

@@alannahmay3823 You don't get it. To be a priest, one has to make a vow of celibacy. If he doesn't, he can't be a priest. If a married priest of another faith chooses to become a priest, he can do so. However, if his wife should die, then that priest can't get married again. That's what celibacy is all about. The thing is that compulsory celibacy is not a Scriptural requirement. Instead, it's a made-up Catholic law. Do you get it now? An unmarried man that becomes a priest CAN'T GET MARRIED!! That is compulsory priestly celibacy.

[@cbooth151]

@po18guy What hate speech are you talking about?