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  • 1Sexual continence — is a lifestyle in which one refrains from all sexual contact even while married. In the Early Christian Church of the West, sexual continence was required of deacons, priests and bishops. [ Celibacy in the Early Church: The Beginnings of… …

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  • 2National Association For Continence — (NAFC) is a national, private, non profit organization dedicated to improving the quality of life of people with incontinence, voiding dysfunction, and related pelvic floor disorders. NAFC s purpose is to be the leading source for public… …

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  • 3Clerical celibacy — is the discipline by which some or all members of the clergy in certain religions are required to be unmarried. Since these religions consider deliberate sexual thoughts, feelings, and behavior outside of marriage to be sinful, clerical celibacy… …

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  • 4Contain — Con*tain , v. i. To restrain desire; to live in continence or chastity. [1913 Webster] But if they can not contain, let them marry. 1 Cor. vii. 9. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 5contain — I. v. a. 1. Comprehend, comprise, embrace, include, embody. 2. Hold, have capacity for. 3. Restrain, keep in check. II. v. n. Be continent, live in continence …

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  • 6Celibacy of the Clergy — • The renunciation of marriage implicitly or explicitly made, for the more perfect observance of chastity, by all those who receive the Sacrament of Orders in any of the higher grades Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Celibacy of the… …

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  • 7Allucius — Allutius Allutius ou Allucius était un prince des Celtibères lors de la deuxième guerre punique. Il était d abord attaché au parti des Carthaginois, mais, touché de la générosité de Scipion, qui, après la prise de Carthagène sur les Carthaginois …

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  • 8Allutius — ou Allucius était un prince des Celtibères lors de la deuxième guerre punique. Il était d abord attaché au parti des Carthaginois, mais, touché de la générosité de Scipion, qui, après la prise de Carthagène sur les Carthaginois, lui rendit sans… …

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  • 9Augustine of Hippo — This article is about the theologian and philosopher, Augustine of Hippo. For his theodicy regarding the problem of evil, see Augustinian theodicy. Augustine , Saint Augustine , and Augustinus redirect here. For other uses, see Augustine… …

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  • 10Clerical celibacy (Catholic Church) — See also: Clerical celibacy Clerical celibacy is the discipline by which, in some Churches, only unmarried men are, as a rule, to be ordained to the priesthood. The same discipline holds in some other Churches for ordination to the episcopate.… …

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