Male 'virginity'

[Cloisters]

I’ve heard them referred to as “technical” virgins.

Perhaps we should take it to the Apologetics forum?

 

[steve93]

This has everything to do with what GOD wants. God doesn’t always call a person to serve him as a monk or a nun. There are various non-marriage vocations.

Female consecrated virgins are the oldest vocation in the church. The Order of Virgins, as it is referred to, was suppressed at some time during the history of the Church, but resurrected after Vatican II. There are now many CVs in the world.

Secular Institutes also consecrate their virgins, be they male or female.

The Consecrates of St. John the Beloved arose because there had been talk of consecrating virgin males. One campus minister mentioned that he had fielded inquiries from virgin males of his collegiate parish. While there are a few secular institutes for virgin males, there is nothing like what the CSJB proposes to be. I’ve even had some interest from ordained priests, but the original vision didn’t include them. Perhaps I should.

I didn’t mean to be controversial or argue for new orders, and besides I’m not catholic anyways. I meant hermit or whatever the male equivalent of CV would be.

 

[Cloisters]

I didn’t mean to be controversial or argue for new orders, and besides I’m not catholic anyways. I meant hermit or whatever the male equivalent of CV would be.

The male equivalent of CV is usually seen as the priesthood. However, there are some young men who said they wanted to be consecrated virgins just like the women, and that is where the inspiration came from. I consider the actual sex act to be the loss of virginity. Of course, they would have had to have lived a chaste life along with that.

The Order of Hermits, as found in canon 603, is just that – eremitism. CV is guided by canon 604 or 605.