chapter 2 and 4

Love

Love

An active Will, that consists of preferring the good of others to the good of oneself

Chastity

That directs all our sexual desires, emotions, and attractions towards the dignity of a person

Virtue

A firm habit of doing what is good

Abstinence

The action of self-control that avoids something

Temperance

Enables us to take pleasure in the good gifts of God; cardinal virtue

Sexual repression

The unhealthy attempt to ignore sexual desires, rather than embracing them, and allowing God to re-order what is disordered

Total self donation

The total giving oneself for the good of another

Personalistic norm

The principle that recognizes the proper attitude toward humans is love

Utilitarianism

The philosophy of minimizing pain, maximizing pleasure often at the expense of others

Love as attraction

Recognizing the good of another person and seeing the inner and outer beauty

Love as desire

Wanting to do good for yourself, and desire for goodness and happiness

Love has Goodwill

Desiring and willing the good of another person

Agape

Greek term for divine unconditional love. The manner in which God loves us

Pornography

Pictures or stories created with the direct intention of arousing lust in the viewer or reader

Sexual addictions

A compulsive and frequent habit of seeking sexual pleasure, including various sexual behaviors

Redeem

To pay a debt through the exchange of equal or greater value than the debt owed

Omniscient

All-Knowing; equal of God meaning, God knows everything

The resurrection of the body

Joining at the end of time, the bodies will be saved with their souls

Glorified bodies

Perfected the resurrected body as it will be at the end of time

Spousal meaning of the body

Marital meaning of the body, the body's full capacity to express love

Spousal

Another word for marriage or marital

Community of saints

In spirit, we are connected with those who have died while still being purified. We will share eternity together as the perfect person

“Hope Of every day”

The daily victory over sin, which is available to us through Christ

Eschaton

The final reality of man’s existence, when Christ returns and our body is raised

Absolution

Action of a priest, as a mediator of grace in the person of Christ, concluding the sacrament of reconciliation. Absolution cleanses us from our sins through Christ's loving mercy and gives us the strength to start anew