我是个坚定的独身主义者。

I'm a confirmed bachelor.

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当然，罗马教义曾赞扬独身主义，坚持认为这是优于婚姻的状态。

Roman doctrine, of course, had prized the state of celibacy, insisting that it was the superior state over marriage.

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独身主义对于天主教会的牧师来说是义不容辞的（但对于英国国教徒，或大多数出于教皇势力掌控下的东方礼教来说，并非如此）。

This is obligatory for priests of the main Roman church (but not for former Anglican clerics, or for most of the priests in Eastern-rite churches that also come under papal authority).

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Roman doctrine, of course, had prized the state of celibacy, insisting that it was the superior state over marriage.

当然罗马教义曾赞扬独身主义，坚持认为那是比婚姻更优良的状态。

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Now, it's true that -- and this has always been the case -- that a proper marriage was obviously always one of the church's sacraments, ; and marriage obviously had always received the church's blessing; but nonetheless the higher ideal would still seem to be celibacy.

如今，确实是--这也是一直以来的情况-,一段合适的婚姻显然,一直是教堂的一件圣事，婚姻也显然一直受到教堂的祝福;,然而更崇高的理想看上去还是独身主义。

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