Actually, the Church does not dig up the bodies of the saints *before* investigation of sainthood. Exhumation of the body takes place only after the cause for sainthood has been initiated by the local bishop and approved by Rome, at which time the person is given the title “Servant of God”. The body of the Servant of God is then exhumed not just to exhibit it, and certainly not to disturb it, but primarily to protect it and reserve it for proper veneration.

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其實,聖經裏,特別是新約中,是有多個鼓勵某些人獨身生活的例證的。首先就是耶穌自己。耶穌自己沒有娶妻,並召叫十二宗徒與他共住,他們雖然大部份已娶妻,卻肯定沒有帶着妻子去與耶穌共住。基本上,這十二人跟耶穌在他三年來的宣講活動中,是過着獨身生活的。

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