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Catholic AnswerThe Evangelical counsels: poverty, chastity, and obedience are the proposed to every Christian by Our Blessed Lord. In other words, if we are to be a Christian, if we are to dare to say that we are following Christ, we must discern how to follow these counsels of Our Blessed Lord. The monk is giving himself entirely to God, holding nothing back, he is giving up control of absolutely everything in his life to God while he is still no this earth. He no longer has any decision to make, he only has to follow the Gospel, his particular rule of his community, and the Abbot's orders. Chastity is not something negative, it is something positive. He is giving up having one specific person to love in his life other than the Lord, and taking the Lord, and His Mystical Body - the Church, as his spouse. A spouse works out his salvation by loving his wife, a monk works out his salvation by loving the Bride of Christ, which is the Church. He is not giving something up, he is taking on more..
By the way, a monk's vows are obedience, stability, and conversatio morum. The last "conversion of manners" contains both chastity and poverty, he does not take specific vows of either of these two, just the conversatio morum.
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Are monks gay?
Monks are not known to be a predominantly gay. While some of them may in fact be gay, monks take a vow of celibacy and thus will not engage in sexual activity, gay or otherwise.
What is a chastity vow?
A vow of celibacy.
When did Gandhi take the vow of 'brahmacharya' or celibacy for life?
1906
Why do monks live apart from others?
because they took a vow of poverty, of celibacy, of oneness and study, housed together in a common residence
What language do monks sing in church?
monks take a vow if silence.
Could orthodox priests get married?
As a matter of fact, they do, though some choose to make a vow of celibacy. Priests are allowed to marry. It is their choice. Bishops however, if I'm not mistaken, are the only ones that take the vow of celebacy. Yes monks too, but they are not clergy.
Do catholic reverends takes the chastity or celibacy vow?
Catholic priests in the Latin Rite of the Church take promises of celibacy.
Priests take a vow of celebacy?
Roman Catholic AnswerThe church requires celibacy from your priests, but they do not take this vow at ordaination. The first of the major ordinantions is deacon, and all priests have been ordained to the deaconate at the end of their third year of theology. That is when they make a vow of celibacy.
What is a vow for Chastity?
Celibacy?
How can you use the word Celibacy in a sentence?
Roman Catholic priests today take a vow of celibacy, but many early popes were married men.
Why are priests celebate?
it is in their vow of celibacy
Do you take a vow of celibacy when becoming a geisha?
No, a vow of celibacy is not taken when a lady becomes a Geisha. It is severely frowned upon for a Geisha to have sexual relations with her patrons. Personal relationships are usually frowned upon as well, but they are not forbidden.
