Concept in Definition ABC

The concept of celibacy is used in our language to designate that state that a person voluntarily adopts and that implies remaining single for the rest of their life or great part of it, that is, while his existence lasts, he will not marry, he will not have a stable or ephemeral partner and he will not have sex with no one. Because in celibacy singleness and not practice Sex goes hand in hand, that is, one could never speak of celibacy if the person had sexual relations with someone, it would not be authentic celibacy in any way.

Although celibacy is a state that is mostly linked to the religion Catholic, because precisely the priests who promulgate this faith are bound by the law that governs your doctrine to remain celibate for the rest of their lives and this obviously influenced the fact that the concept was mainly associated with religion, it is also common to use the term when you want to express that an individual has chosen such a state but mobilized by a decision staff in which the religious question did not intervene in any way.

Meanwhile, in the precise case of Catholic priests, celibacy is a condition without equanom when it comes to being ordained as such. They could never do it if they are married or have a loving relationship with a woman. And of course once they become priests and while they are they will no longer be able to intimate with anyone. Such a fact is punishable.
This same situation is transferred to the nuns, that is, the nuns also assume a commitment of celibacy once they become such.

However, it is important to note that there are other religious beliefs that do not oblige their official representatives to remain celibate, but quite the contrary, they allow them to maintain par a common and ordinary life to that of any individual who does not maintain a formal relationship with a church, that is: marrying, having sexual relations, having children, among other
For example, in some religions, those who play the role equivalent to a priest, such is the case of the rabbis in the Judaism, they are allowed to marry, form a family and all of this is integrated into religious life.