Browsing Department of Religion, Theology & Philosophy by Subject "Abuse, Celibacy, Catholic, Church, Priest"
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The psychology behind celibacy
(International Journal of Psychology and Behavioral Sciences, 2012)Celibacy began in the early church as an ascetic discipline, rooted partly in a neo-Platonic contempt for the physical world that had nothing to do with the Gospel. The renunciation of sexual expression by men fit nicely ...