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“Like the Angels” — Celibacy Is Biblical (And It Always Was)
“Like the Angels” — Celibacy Is Biblical (And It Always Was)
If your church has no one celibate — no one vowed to God alone — you are not looking at the New Testament Church.
That sounds bold. It’s meant to.
Celibacy isn’t medieval.
It isn’t “forced.”
It isn’t anti-marriage.
It’s biblical.
At Sinai, Israel abstained before the Lord descended.
In battle, soldiers restrained themselves under vow.
Numbers records women freely binding themselves by vow.
Anna lived consecrated in the Temple.
Jesus said some can receive celibacy — and if they can, they should.
Paul was celibate — and suggested others be, if they were able.
And when the Sadducees tried to corner Christ about marriage in the resurrection, He answered plainly: in the age to come, we are neither married nor given in marriage, but like the angels.
Marriage is good — for time and flesh.
Celibacy says: resurrection’s next.
This song isn’t arguing that everyone must be celibate.
It’s arguing something simpler:
Not everyone.
Not forced.
But always there.
If celibacy feels strange, it’s not because Christianity invented something odd — it’s because modernity trained us out of something ancient.
(For the record: I am fairly certain celibacy is not my personal calling. I very much like being married. But I also very much know it’s a valid, biblical, and beautiful calling in the Church.)
🎶 “Like the Angels” — a fast, dry, slightly sarcastic track walking through Scripture and asking a simple question:
If the New Testament Church always had celibates… why doesn’t yours?
#Catholic #LikeTheAngels #Celibacy #NewTestament #PetersBarque #ChristianMusic #Theology #BibleStudy #ApostolicChurch
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“Like the Angels” — Celibacy Is Biblical (And It Always Was)
If your church has no one celibate — no one vowed to God alone — you are not looking at the New Testament Church.
That sounds bold. It’s meant to.
Celibacy isn’t medieval.
It isn’t “forced.”
It isn’t anti-marriage.
It’s biblical.
At Sinai, Israel abstained before the Lord descended.
In battle, soldiers restrained themselves under vow.
Numbers records women freely binding themselves by vow.
Anna lived consecrated in the Temple.
Jesus said some can receive celibacy — and if they can, they should.
Paul was celibate — and suggested others be, if they were able.
And when the Sadducees tried to corner Christ about marriage in the resurrection, He answered plainly: in the age to come, we are neither married nor given in marriage, but like the angels.
Marriage is good — for time and flesh.
Celibacy says: resurrection’s next.
This song isn’t arguing that everyone must be celibate.
It’s arguing something simpler:
Not everyone.
Not forced.
But always there.
If celibacy feels strange, it’s not because Christianity invented something odd — it’s because modernity trained us out of something ancient.
(For the record: I am fairly certain celibacy is not my personal calling. I very much like being married. But I also very much know it’s a valid, biblical, and beautiful calling in the Church.)
🎶 “Like the Angels” — a fast, dry, slightly sarcastic track walking through Scripture and asking a simple question:
If the New Testament Church always had celibates… why doesn’t yours?
#Catholic #LikeTheAngels #Celibacy #NewTestament #PetersBarque #ChristianMusic #Theology #BibleStudy #ApostolicChurch
🔗 FOLLOW PETER’S BARQUE
Website: https://petersbarque.online
X: https://x.com/petersbarque
Instagram: https://instagram.com/petersbarque
TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@petersbarque
Facebook: https://facebook.com/petersbarque
🎧 Listen
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/peters-barque/1857703433
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/07uvm7SPGUVwYdxELtbXv8
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