Celibacy: General Scriptures Concerning
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Matthew 19:10-12
His disciples say to him, If the case of the man be so with his wife, it is not good to marry.
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1 Corinthians 7:1,2,7-9,25,26,32-40
Now concerning the things whereof you wrote to me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
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1 Corinthians 9:5
Have we not power to lead about a sister, a wife, as well as other apostles, and as the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas?
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1 Timothy 4:1-3
Now the Spirit speaks expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;
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Revelation 14:1-5
And I looked, and, see, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name written in their foreheads.
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The Consensus and Dissensus of Creeds.
... claims divine authority only for the original Scriptures of the ... A separate priesthood
and clerical celibacy (Roman Catholic); the general priesthood of ...
/.../ 115 the consensus and.htm

General Index to Sozomen's Ecclesiastical History.
... Buthericus, a general, [2776]394 ... Celibacy, favored by Constantine, [2792]245; not
enforced by ... 241; inquires of priests, who expound the Scriptures, takes cross ...
/.../general index to sozomens ecclesiastical.htm

Of Passages from the Holy Scriptures, and from the Apocrypha ...
... religion which is delivered in the Scriptures, and which ... they overstepped in rigidly
binding their priests to celibacy. ... is just a kind of general pestilence in ...
/.../calvin/the institutes of the christian religion/of passages from the holy.htm

The Second Helvetic Confession, AD 1566.
... Christ died not only for men in general, but also ... of purgatory is opposed to the
Scriptures, and to ... Of Celibacy, Marriage, and Economy."Those who have the ...
/.../ 55 the second helvetic.htm

The Heresy of Tatian.
... Saturninus [1327] and Marcion, preached celibacy, setting aside ... own way the utterances
of the Sacred Scriptures. ... a conclusion confirmed by the general tone of ...
/.../pamphilius/church history/chapter xxix the heresy of tatian.htm

Article xxvii (xiii): of Monastic Vows.
... persons; but the example of obedience is general. ... monks, although abounding in all
voluptuousness, profess celibacy. ... rule, that is, contrary to the Scriptures. ...
/.../the apology of the augsburg confession/part 35 article xxvii xiii .htm

Elucidations.
... Promising elsewhere to deal with this general false principle ... with the horrible history
of enforced celibacy in the ... of God, and "wrest the Scriptures to their ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/clement/the stromata or miscellanies/elucidations 3.htm

Article xxiii (xi): of the Marriage of Priests.
... who say that marriages [which the Holy Scriptures praise most ... to all who are not
fit for celibacy. ... we maintain concerning human nature in general pertain also ...
/.../the apology of the augsburg confession/part 28 article xxiii xi .htm

Shakers, or the United Society of Believers.
... into the knowledge of the sacred Scriptures, and practically ... of its members, in the
general practice of ... Although celibacy is enjoined by the Shakers upon their ...
/.../hayward/the book of religions/shakers or the united society.htm

Ascetic.
... less of monasticism than of general Christian endurance ... children, is as binding in
wedlock as in celibacy. ... retirement, silence, and the study of the Scriptures. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/basil/basil letters and select works/iii ascetic.htm

Resources
What is pure and undefiled religion (James 1:27)? | GotQuestions.org

What does the Bible say about purity? | GotQuestions.org

What is the menorah? | GotQuestions.org

Pure: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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