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Clerical celibacy is the requirement in certain religions that some or all members of the clergy be unmarried. These religions consider that, outside of marriage, deliberate sexual thoughts, feelings, and behavior are sinful; clerical celibacy also requires abstention from these.〔"People should cultivate chastity in the way that is suited to their state of life. Some profess virginity or consecrated celibacy which enables them to give themselves to God alone with an undivided heart in a remarkable manner. Others live in the way prescribed for all by the moral law, whether they are married or single" ((Catechism of the Catholic Church, 2349 )).〕 Within the Roman Catholic Church, clerical celibacy is mandated for all clergy in the Latin Church except deacons who do not intend to become priests. Exceptions are sometimes admitted for ordination to transitional diaconate and priesthood on a case-by-case basis for married clergymen of other churches or communities who become Catholics, but ordination of married men to the episcopacy is excluded (see Personal ordinariate). Clerical marriage is not allowed and therefore, if those for whom in some particular Church celibacy is optional (such as permanent deacons in the Latin Church) wish to marry, they must do so before ordination. Eastern Catholic Churches either follow the same rules as the Latin Church or require celibacy for bishops while allowing priestly ordination of married men. In the Eastern Orthodox Church and Oriental Orthodoxy, celibacy is the norm for bishops; married men may be ordained to the priesthood, but even married priests whose wives pre-decease them are not allowed to enter marriage after ordination. Similarly, celibacy is not a requirement for ordination as a deacon and in some Oriental Orthodox churches deacons may marry after ordination. For a period in the 5th and early 6th centuries the Church of the East did not apply the rule of celibacy even for ordination to the episcopate. Anglicanism and Protestantism in general do not require celibacy of its clergy and allow clerical marriage. ==Meanings of "celibacy"== The word "celibacy" can mean either the state of being unmarried or abstinence, especially because of religious vows, from sexual intercourse.〔(American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language: celibacy )〕〔(Webster's New World College Dictionary: celibacy )〕 In the canon law of the Latin Church, the word "celibacy" is used specifically in the sense of being unmarried. However, for its clergy this state of being unmarried is considered to be a consequence of the obligation to be completely and perpetually continent: Permanent deacons, namely those deacons who are not intended to become priests, are, in general, exempted from this rule.〔"The following are simply impeded from receiving orders . . . a man who has a wife, unless he is legitimately destined to the permanent diaconate." ()〕 But married permanent deacons are not allowed to remarry after the death of their spouse.〔(What is a Deacon? - Busted Halo )〕 The Catechism of the Catholic Church states: On the granting of permission, by exception, for the priestly ordination of married men in the Latin Church, see Rules, below. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Clerical celibacy」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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