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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 


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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