RESPECT FOR GOD'S DESIGNS

castus meaning clean or pure

where does chasity come from

Chastity

a person’s control over one’s lustful desires

Marital Chastity

fidelity of the spouses to each other

Premarital Chastity

spiritual and physical integrity before marriage

celibate chastity

those who have chosen not to get married, either for personal reasons or for religious reasons

• premarital

• marital

• celibate

kinds of chastity

1. fruitfulness

2. union

3. freedom from fear

characteristics of integral sexuality

Fruitfulness

This is the characteristic of integral love referred to wherein the focus is primarily on begetting children

union

fulfilling love is found in relation intimacy

freedom from fear

integral love expressing itself in the absence of fear

Casual Sex

sexual activity with no commitment

1. foreplay

2. intercourse

two phases of the sexual act

every marriage act must remain open to the transmission of life

core teaching of pope st paul vi’s encyclical letter

encyclical letter on christian marriage

casti connubii

encyclical letter on the regulation of birth

humanae vitae

1. directly willed abortion

2. direct sterilization

3. artificial contraception

illicit ways of regulating birth