Christian View of Sexuality and Love Practice Flashcards

Practice flashcards covering the concepts of sexuality, chastity, and the types of love based on the provided lecture notes.

What is the Latin origin and literal meaning of the word 'Sexuality' as described in the notes?

It comes from the Latin word 'seco' or 'secare,' which literally means 'to cut something into half.'

According to the lecture, what defines the relational aspect of sexuality?

Sensitivity, capacity to feel, understanding (support), compassion (to suffer with), and warmth/tenderness.

How is 'Human Sexuality' defined in the context of human relationships?

It is the capacity as human persons to enter into life-giving and love-giving relationships in and through the body in ways that are appropriate.

What does the term 'Imago Dei' refer to in the transcript?

It refers to Genesis 1:27, which states that 'God created mankind in his own image' and created them male and female.

According to the notes, what is the 'playboy philosophy' or Hedonism?

Living life as if everything is about pleasure, which falls into the error of seeing a person only as a material being.

How does the lecture define the virtue of 'Chastity'?

Purity of the heart and a virtue that helps discipline the desires of the heart, putting order into sexual energies to channel them toward love.

What term denotes the idea that male and female are different but compatible?

Complementarity.

What are the five love languages mentioned in Module 2?

Words of affirmation, Receiving Gifts, Quality Time, Act of Service, and Physical Touch.

Name the four types of love and their specific meanings provided in the notes.

Storge (familial love), Philia (love between friends), Eros (romantic love), and Agape (unconditional love).

What is the definition of 'Love' according to St. Thomas Aquinas?

'Love is willing the good of the other.'