chapter 2 and 4
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 avoid something
Temperance
Enables us to take pressure in the good of 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 principal that recognizes the proper attitude toward humans is love
Utilitarianism
The philosophy of minimizing pain, maximizing pleasure often at the expense, 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 and 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 of 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 fornication intercourse, porn, and other 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 body, the bodies 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 of victory over, 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 mediator of grace in the person of Christ, concluding the sacrament of reconciliation. Absolution cleanses us from our sins through Christ, loving mercy, and gives us the strength to start anew
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 avoid something
Temperance
Enables us to take pressure in the good of 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 principal that recognizes the proper attitude toward humans is love
Utilitarianism
The philosophy of minimizing pain, maximizing pleasure often at the expense, 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 and 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 of 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 fornication intercourse, porn, and other 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 body, the bodies 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 of victory over, 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 mediator of grace in the person of Christ, concluding the sacrament of reconciliation. Absolution cleanses us from our sins through Christ, loving mercy, and gives us the strength to start anew