CELIBACY

(See also Priests; Roman Catholic Church; Singleness)

admitted to be unscriptural: g85 11/8 4; g75 1/22 9; g71 11/22 12; w70 391-392, 646; g69 9/8 7; g60 10/8 9

letter from theologian Hans Küng to the pope: w80 8/1 23

Bible view: g85 11/8 10-11; g66 9/8 20; w62 573; el 145-146

Catholic teaching: g85 11/8 3-6; g80 1/8 18-19; w73 549; g72 1/22 31; g71 12/22 30; w70 391-392; g69 4/22 12

discussion: g85 11/8 3-6, 9-11; g75 5/8 27-28; g72 5/8 9-12; w70 391-392; g70 4/22 15-17; w62 185-190

effects: g85 11/8 5-6, 9; w70 392

encyclopedia gives biased slant: g62 11/22 11-12

history of religious: g85 11/8 4-6

letter to the pope from Swiss Catholics regarding: g81 5/22 30

not for married persons: w75 295-296; w56 586-587

origin of religious: g85 11/8 4-5; w80 8/1 23; g75 5/8 28; w58 106; g49 8/8 17-19; g38 2/23 4

popes: g70 5/22 30; g67 8/8 31; g65 11/22 29; g60 3/8 29; g38 2/23 4

priests dissatisfied with: w74 102; g71 8/8 24-25; w70 391-392, 515, 517; g70 11/22 29; g69 5/22 31; g68 4/22 7; g68 7/8 30; g67 6/8 5; g67 7/22 10, 29; g66 9/8 17-20; g66 11/8 31

statement to Dutch press from students: g68 4/22 21

vows: w73 608

why adopted: g85 11/8 5