Does Celibacy Still Have Value?

St. Ambrose is credited mostly with his influence on St. Augustine, but his contributions to Christianity stand on their own as well. Ambrose was known as the “honey-tongued” bishop -- the descriptor a play on the word ambrosia, the heavenly, honey-laced food of the gods in Greek and Roman mythology. Of Ambrose Augustine once prayed, “Thy devout servant . . . dispense[s] unto Thy people the flour of Thy wheat, the gladness of Thy oil, and the sober intoxication of Thy wine. To him was I unknowingly led by Thee, that by him I might knowingly be led to Thee.”