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What is a chastity vow?
A vow of celibacy.
Why shouldn't a priest get married?
priests have three vows: the vow of poverty, chastity, and obedience. the vow of chastity professes their singleness.
Were friars allowed to have children?
No. Because they take a vow of chastity.
What does it mean to protect a womans chasity?
Chastity is a vow of sorts, most likely meaning the vow of virginity, and to protect that would mean to protect her vow of virginity, or innocence.
If you were a nun why couldn't you get married?
Like priests, nuns take a vow of chastity
What did Jesuits vow to do?
The Jesuits take the normal vows of poverty, chastity and obedience. They also make a fourth vow of special obedience to the Pope.
Can a married Catholic couple take a vow of chastity if no sex?
A married couple, if they both decided of their own free will to practice chastity, and with the permission of their confessors or priest, could take a vow of chastity. But it would probably just be a private vow, unless they were seeking to enter religious Orders or the priesthood. This has been done by some couples in history where the wife entered a convent, and the husband entered the priesthood.
What is the vow of poverty?
A vow of poverty is a vow before God to not own anything or have any money. Nuns, religious priests, sisters, and brothers take this vow in addition to vows of chastity and obedience. These three vows are known as the evangelical counsels.
What did Saint Lucy do that was important?
She had made a vow of chastity so remaining a virgin was very important to her.
Can lay members of the Norbertine third order be married or do they take a vow of celibacy?
That's a question that is not easily generalized. Any lay person may take a vow of chastity. Married persons may take the vow of chastity, as permanent deacons do, where if the spouse dies, they may not remarry. The Norbertine tertiaries may be married or single. Their web page is listed below.
Do catholic reverends takes the chastity or celibacy vow?
Catholic priests in the Latin Rite of the Church take promises of celibacy.
What are the reasons the pope and other Catholic clergy refrain from having an intimate relationship?
Catholic clergy make a vow of chastity - no sex.
