Bachelors Quote by H. L. Mencken

“Christians throughout history have affirmed that lifelong celibacy is a spiritual gift and calling, not a path that should be forced upon someone.”

— Matthew Vines

Everyone agrees the celibacy rule is just a Church law dating from the 11th century, not a divine command.

— Hans Kung

“The common mistake of the religious celibate has been to suppose that the highest spiritual life absolutely demands the renunciation of sexuality, as if…

— Alan Wilson Watts

God had one Son without sin, but He never had a son without trial.

— Dwight L. Moody

No child of God sins to that degree as to make himself incapable of forgiveness.

— John Bunyan

Celibacy is not a matter of compulsion. Someone is accepted as a priest only when he does it of his own accord.

— Pope Benedict XVI

Jesus Christ never preached there should be celibate priests. The only reason the church has this is because it's a mechanism of power and…

— Alex Gibney

Good God. I don’t believe St. Vincent and the word ‘celibacy’ have ever been mentioned in the same sentence before.

— Lisa Kleypas

One is most dishonest to one's god: he is not allowed to sin.

— Anonymous

God had one son on earth without sin, but never one without suffering.

— Saint Augustine

Maintaining a celibate relationship is hard thats why standards must be set and God has to be centered.

— Anonymous

...the counsels of the Divine Mind had some glimpse of truth when they said that men are born in order to suffer the penalty…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero