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(1 Cor. 1, 3–9; Matt. 19, 3–12) The Lord says that the marriage union was originally blessed by God Himself, and put this law into our nature; about those who want not to marry he said: “Whoever can accommodate, let him accommodate” (Matthew 19:12). It is clear that although He recognized marriage as a natural law, it was not so necessary and inevitable that there was no place for celibacy. And He allows the latter, but protects it with a condition that brings it closer to the law of nature. Skopets from birth is celibate according to natural law; but the one who, by his will, puts himself in a state in which a natural eunuch is by birth without the participation of the will, becomes on the same line with him in relation to natural needs. Therefore, in this respect, both the first and the second are natural celibates. Why is spiritual espionage or arbitrary celibacy considered unnatural? Because they do not understand nature. For them, only what is natural is what is natural to the body, and what is natural to the spirit and what becomes natural due to its influence on the body, they do not want to consider natural. And it would be good if these people were all materialists, otherwise they are not: talk to them about something else, they argue reasonably. You might be interested in: