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Which Pope Instituted Celibacy?

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Which Pope Instituted Celibacy?

Pope Gregory VII attempted to mandate priestly celibacy

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Clerical celibacy is the requirement in certain religions that some or all members of the clergy be unmarried. Clerical celibacy also requires abstention from deliberately indulging in sexual thoughts and behavior outside of marriage, because these impulses are regarded as sinful.
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, but the practice was contested widely by Christians in the Orthodox Eastern Mediterranean world.

When was celibacy instituted in the Catholic Church?

The universal requirement to celibacy was imposed upon the clergy with force in 1123 and again in 1139.

Why did celibacy begin in the Catholic Church?

The Vatican regards it as being easier for unattached men to commit to the church, as they have more time for devotion and fewer distractions. The earliest written reference to celibacy comes from 305AD at the Spanish Council of Elvira, a local assembly of clergymen who met to discuss matters pertaining to the church.

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